< p>I admit that there was vote substitution in some sections. This was stated in the show “Your Day” the deputy chairman of the CEC Rositsa Mateva. “Looking at the videos, I really do not understand and do not understand how such clear violations of the rules can be carried out in this way and the members of the committees do not feel any worries. I hope that these sections will not give such a reflection on the overall result at the national level. But it is possible that if the CC is referred and the sacks are ordered to be opened, there may be different contents of the ballots than recorded in the minutes. There is no other legal possibility for this to be checked at the moment, other than referral to the SC”, Mateva also said. And he added that the sections with video surveillance were over 11,000.
The Deputy Chairman of the CEC explained that in the case of a partial counting of votes, there may be a redistribution of mandates. In the case of complete cashing out, new elections are held.
Mateva also said that the letter from the “Information Service” has arrived this morning, which provides information about the places from which records of the ballot counting are missing. Today, the commission will consider what actions to take in these cases. “We will decide whether to order the regional election commissions to carry out checks, or the Central Election Commission will do this”, Mateva said. And he added that the report from the Council of Ministers has not yet arrived at the Central Election Commission .
Mateva emphasized again that the CEC does not have the authority to open cases or change protocols. „CEC has the right to impose fines on both regional and sectional election commissions. This is a text for a general violation of the rules of the Electoral Code. Fines are up to BGN 200. But the violation must be established, an act must be issued," Mateva explained. According to her, such a process will not be quick.
„For the sections for which there is information about a crime committed, the prosecutor's office and the Ministry of the Interior must act there. And for Belica, we will wait for the results of the police and the prosecutor's office to see if there is a crime, Mateva said.
She emphasized that perhaps half the members of the SIC were replaced in the last week before the vote.