Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Reports of election violations continue a week after polls, interior minister says

Atanas Ilkov
Photo: BTA

The Ministry of the Interior is working on a detailed report on the early parliamentary elections held on 27 October this year. It will include the latest data from the Ministry, the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the Prosecutor's Office, and will provide a comprehensive account of violations, interim Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov told BNR. Reports of election violations were still coming in a week after the vote, he said.

According to the minister, the Interior Ministry was not a passive observer of the elections, and the organisation of their overall security was thorough. Preventive measures had been taken throughout the country, he said, so the rhetoric did not match the results achieved by the Home Office.

In response to criticism that the Interior Ministry did not disclose the names of parties that bought votes, Atanas Ilkov said that the law did not allow it and that there was no way to leak information unless it was proven that a political party had committed such a violation.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgarian MPs fail in their sixth attempt to elect Parliamentary Speaker

The Bulgarian MPs gathered in plenary today for a sixth attempt to elect a President, which again proved unsuccessful.  The chances of electing a Speaker of the 51st National Assembly are minimal The candidates Natalia Kiselova from..

published on 11/27/24 3:06 PM

Bulgaria and Egypt discuss possible direct air routes

Bulgaria's Ambassador to Egypt Deyan Katrachev met with Egypt's newly appointed Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh al-Hefny . At the meeting, which took place on 26 November, both discussed the updating of the air transport agreements between the two..

published on 11/27/24 2:12 PM

Velingrad sheep breeders are fighting to protect their herds

Representatives of the Food Safety Agency have arrived in Velingrad to take new samples from the 1,700 sheep quarantined because of a suspected plague outbreak.  BNR correspondent in Pazardzhik Nevena Petrova reported that the Food Agency..

published on 11/27/24 2:06 PM