The Minister of Transport and Communications Georgi Gvozdeikov, the Minister of Internal Affairs Kalin Stoyanov, the Minister of e-Government Valentin Mundrov and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev met today with representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
The delegation is visiting Bulgaria to monitor the upcoming elections for the National Assembly and for members of the European Parliament.
Minister Georgi Gvozdeikov emphasized that the organizational process went smoothly and each of the institutions completed their activities on time.
„The preparation of the elections took place in good coordination with the Central Election Commission, and we are confident that everything will go smoothly at the upcoming vote tomorrow,”, the Minister of Transport also stated. “The work of international observers is extremely important and I believe
Minister of the Interior Kalin Stoyanov explained that so far the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have received 388 reports of violations of the electoral legislation and the political rights of citizens. A total of 97 pre-trial proceedings were instituted.
„Through the interactive geographical map, which we introduced for the first time last year, we control the received signals in real time. This gives us the opportunity to make the necessary decisions to redirect forces and thus avoid situations in which there may be vote-buying, Minister Stoyanov also said.
„We have done everything necessary to ensure transparency in the authentication of voting machines, providing for the first time the opportunity to registered parties, non-governmental organizations and others, according to Art. 213a, para. 3 of the Electoral Code to participate in the process”, said the Minister of e-Government Valentin Mundrov.
He also informed that all the devices for the real-time video surveillance and video recording after announcing the end of the election day in the sectional election commissions during the counting of votes have been delivered as intended. The broadcast and their recordings will be available at https://evideo.bg/
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev said that Bulgarians abroad will vote in 769 polling stations in a total of 60 countries.
„Both types of elections will be held in 57 countries, and only in 3 countries, where Bulgaria has no diplomatic representations, there will be no voting for members of the European Parliament,” he added. According to him, 245 machines have already been sent abroad for the sections where more than 300 people voted in the previous elections.