Documents in the CEC can be submitted electronically, but in this case, this will not happen because the CEC has not announced it in advance. Hopefully this will be a lesson for her, and the CEC will decide that in the future similar documents will be submitted electronically, in order to avoid these circuses that we are currently observing in front of the building of the former party house. He said this in an interview with "Focus" the mathematician and long-time deputy chairman of the CEC Prof. Mihail Konstantinov.
According to Prof. Mihail Konstantinov, there is a way to improve the activity of the CEC by allowing submission of documents electronically. The management of the CEC knew that difficulties were ahead in the submission of documents from the DPS. In this case, it is not about registration with the CEC, but about submitting documents. Based on these submitted documents, if all required details are present, the CEC will decide on registration or non-registration of the relevant party.
"Regardless of the CEC's decision in this case, one of the two parties will be dissatisfied, they will appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court, which will make the final decision. The procedure will end in the Supreme Administrative Court. VAS operates in conditions of rapid production and within 3 days we should have a decision. Electoral proceedings are a special type of fast administrative proceedings, and there the deadlines are very short," explained Prof. Mihail Konstantinov.
The CEC's decision on registration will be prolonged, because the documents of all parties must be examined, not just DPS. It is expected to see what the BSP will submit, as well as the other parties. "What is happening now is an unprecedented confusion of the electoral process. I hope everything will be resolved properly. The DPS cannot help but participate in the elections, but one of the DPS or both may participate in a coalition and give their name. And the coalition can also be from other parties that have no problems with the new registration. In 2001, that's how the king appeared, NDSV was not a party then, but a coalition between two parties, which they called NDSV (National Movement of Simeon II). Subsequently, a party is formed, which is a much slower process. To appear as a party hidden behind a coalition with the same name is a long-known practice and there is nothing illegal about it", stressed Prof. Mihail Konstantinov.
“The situation in the BSP is similar, the first decision on the registration in the CEC will give rise to a dispute, so again the Supreme Court will decide this case as well. I want to draw attention to the electoral turnout in Bulgaria, which was 34% in the last elections, now it will drop even more. While in the elections in Germany yesterday, 75% of the people voted. People are interested in politics, vote en masse and don't do the kind of circuses we observe here," concluded the mathematician.