From 3 pm, the PG of “Continuiamo ilmuta” proposed a procedure for closing the session of parliament, which leads debate on amendments to the Electoral Code at second reading. Since the morning, the parliamentarians have voted on the changes that bring back the mixed vote and the paper vote.
“When the will of the Bulgarian people prevailed… last time they were taken away in the white bus“said Asen Vassilev from the stands after the proposal was rejected.
The BSP proposed to stop debate on paragraph 17, which decides whether paper ballots will return, which was approved. BSP MP Georgi Svilenski commented that PP MPs “are scaring MPs with riots“. “As long as you asked for riots, there is a majority who want to work. You want to sabotage work, 22 procedures on the way to leadership and a speech, ”she clarified.
Desislav Atanasovand tried to divert attention with an editorial amendment to “put a comma when more than one type of election is held at the same time.”
The deputy joined Peter Petrovwho recalled the events of January 2, 2021, when “Boyko Rashkov’s strong Interior Ministry cordon prevented protesters from entering the parliament building and put up bars, which were removed.”
The deputies redone and revoted the texts and returned the mixed vote for local elections.
Miroslav Ivanov of PP clarified that there is a difference between a peaceful protest and the protests of “Let’s continue the change” and the protest that “Vazrazhdane” talks about.
“All right scary in the white busas soon as it is necessary, we will enter once again,” said Yordan Tsonev, who is not only a witness, but also participant in what happened around and in the National Assembly in the summer of 2013.
In the meantime several votes have followed: the PP’s request to drop the amendment to remain only automatic voting was rejected, to separate the paper voting protocols from the automatic one, giving the voter the possibility to vote on paper or by machine .
The request of the DPS was accepted in art. 206 – “from the next regular elections, i.e. from the local ones, vote only with paper ballot”. GERB, DPS and BSP voted “for” – 125 deputies, “against” 101 from PP, “Bulgarski Vozhod” and “Vazrazhdane”, 1 abstention.
PP’s Milen Mateev specified it the majority canceled automatic voting. The DPS’s proposal to vote before local elections was also accepted. PP Deputy Asen Vassilev also asked if this was exactly what was voted on.
The art. was also voted. 206 A, again at the suggestion of the DPS – if there are elections before local ones – vote by paper ballot and running machines.
“Let’s keep the change going” left the plenary room after the vote to return the paper vote.
Before that, Asen Vassilev took to the podium and expressed his indignation at the approved texts. According to him, voting in local elections would only be done on paper. According to him, this is how machine voting was liquidated. I see no reason to stay in this hall any longersaid the co-president of the PP. Stay tuned to see how automated voting turns outadvised the chairman of the meeting, Jordan Tsonev.
And the rest of the PP MPs followed suit.
Desislav Atanasova he called for more common sense, criticizing the behavior of MPs who left the chamber. There is nothing dramatic, she stressed. The GERB deputy suspected it I don’t understand the report of a legal commission on electoral rules. Or the dramas were created artificially.
Bozhidar Boyanov from DB he insisted on a transitional period for election technology. The debate has just begun whether to introduce scanning counting devices, Desislava Atanasova explained again.
From “Bulgarian Rise” also opposed the democratic demonstration, demonstrated by PP and DB. This would give them a certain mandate of denial.
Automated voting is over, dear viewers, announced Iskren Mitev of PP, who was still in the hall. According to him there would no longer be voting machines, but the counters, eh Cornelia Ninova gave Boyko Borisov a lifeline.
This howl is why more they won’t be able to manipulate flashcatah, suspicious of me Hamid Hamid of DPS. DPS leader Mustafa Karadai he understood the hysteria of those who left the plenary hall and said that the scanning devices would count the ballots when they were valid.
In the end, however, after redoing and re-voting the texts, the automatic vote was restored for the imminent local vote.
Before that, the deputies agreed that the Central Election Commission (CEC) would remain in its current composition – that is. newly represented parliamentary parties will not have members nominated by them in its composition, which has not been changed since 2021 and mirrors the previous parliament.
In addition, MPs rejected the former justice minister’s proposal to create census centres.
It was agreed that there would be video recording and video surveillance of the ballot.
The deputies have also decided to vote behind a curtain instead of in a dark room. The voting machine will also be behind a screen to ensure the secrecy of the vote.
The majority of the 48th National Assembly also raised the threshold to form an overseas section. Until now, an overseas section has been opened when applications have been submitted to no fewer than 40 voters. At second reading, the majority accepted this to happen when no fewer than 100 applications had been submitted.
