Topic I don't see so to speak, is the pay of the people in the sectional election commissions (SECs). The money grew literally 6-7-8 times - from BGN 40 to an average of BGN 250-300. If before we held elections for around BGN 20 million, now we do them for BGN 120 million. And after the money increased, did we – citizens, more confident in the election results... Did this increase in the salary of the members of the SIC lead to fairer elections… In reality, this money that is given to the people is given to the parties, because the members of the sectional committees are nominated by the parties. This is what he announced to Lili Marinkova in the "FACTS" studio. and the show “Conversation“ Rosen Tsvetkov, member of the National Leadership of the "Conservative Bulgaria" party.
“Another bad thing is that according to the Electoral Code, no educational qualification is even required to be a member of a commission. No primary or secondary education indicated. Now with this payment, the person himself is “invited“ to look for a party to become a committee member. When 40-50-60 BGN were paid, no one was interested in participating in a sectional election commission. I call it this state buying of votes, because the state actually gives these 120 million BGN to the political parties represented in the parliament as a kind of subsidy for them to buy votes through the members of the SIK. Because there is already a motive for a given person to go as a party representative to a given sectional election commission and take 250-300 BGN, but the party tells him “… please bring 4, 5, 6 people”. The committee member collects good money – especially for the countryside, and why not take 4,5,6 people. This is a new election mechanism, in which the state literally creates conditions for trading votes”, the guest added.
See more of the conversation in the VIDEO.