At this time, specialized police operations are taking place on the territory of the Montana, Sofia - region and Stara Zagora regions against crimes related to vote buying and the violation of citizens' political rights. To date, a total of 193 police operations have been conducted throughout the country, during which 37 people were arrested. This was announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at a briefing on the latest data on the results of police actions taken against crimes related to the political rights of citizens, a reporter of "Focus" reported.
As of 10:00 a.m. today, 308 reports were received for violations of the electoral legislation and the political rights of citizens. There were the most signals in Burgas - 48 and in Varna - 44.
237 of all reports received are related to buying votes, 13 to illegal campaigning, 10 to destruction of property, 3 to corporate vote, etc., the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.
73 pre-trial proceedings have been initiated so far, 47 are being investigated in due course, and 28 are fast-track proceedings, it became clear at the briefing.