The Legal Committee in the parliament will continue to consider the second reading of the bill on amendments to the Electoral Code at its next meeting.
It will be held in an extraordinary session on January 20 at 2:00 p.m., BTA reported.
Yesterday, for more than two hours, there was no quorum in the committee to vote on texts. For this reason, the deputies held discussions on a number of paragraphs of the bill, but did not vote on them.
Due to a lack of quorum, the Legal Committee did not submit to a vote the creation of the Electoral Commission “Abroad“, as well as texts regarding the counting commissions.
From “Vazrazhdane“ asked the chairwoman of the committee Anna Alexandrova to adjourn the meeting due to the late hour, the heavy matter and the important decisions that need to be made. Alexandrova refused and asked for more patience so that more paragraphs could be discussed, but the deputies from “Vazrazhdane“ left the hall. Against the background of what you are doing with the Electoral Code, you refuse to hear any arguments against your proposals, and they are not only from the opposition political parties, but also from the people, said Tsveta Rangelova from “Vazrazhdane“.
The Legal Committee also discussed the proposal of Ivan Minev, Georgi Krastev and Branimir Balachev from GERB-SDF to repeal the text that prohibits the results of sociological surveys from being announced before 8:00 p.m. on election day. Anna Alexandrova raised the question of whether this would not stimulate voters, with Stoyu Stoev from PP-DB stating that it is not right to motivate citizens in this way and that everyone should be given the opportunity, with a clear head, to decide for whom to vote.
The Public Council of the CEC stated that they are against allowing sociological surveys before the end of election day. According to the council, there should be even stricter restrictions, if they can be introduced. CEC member Tsvetozar Tomov commented that in Bulgaria there is a tradition of restricting this type of information that can influence the voter's opinion and will on whether and for whom to vote. He noted that on election day, diverse information about the course of voting is constantly leaking.