Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Risks ahead of parliamentary elections in March

Photo: BGNES

Machine voting is a medical risk, the head of the state company Information Services, Prof. Mihail Konstantinov, has told Nova TV. If elections are at the end of March, "there is a great danger that the turnout would be very low because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the new government would be illegitimate," he said, giving as an example the record low turnout on December 6 in Romania.

There is a loophole in the electoral legislation towards people under quarantine who will not be able to vote and their constitutional rights will be violated. He therefore called for legislative amendments that would solve the problem by setting up mobile election commissions of people who have recovered from the disease.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgarian Socialist Party holds its 51st Congress

On February 15 and 16, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is holding its 51st Congress. Interim Chairman Atanas Zafirov is expected to present a report on the past period. The delegates are also expected to vote on amendments to the party's statute,..

published on 2/15/25 10:51 AM
Sandro Gozi, MEP from Renew Europe

MEP Sandro Gozi for BNR: Europe must become strong again

Europe must become powerful again. This was stated by MEP Sandro Gozi from Renew Europe, former Italian Secretary of State for European Affairs in the special studio of BNR's Horizon National Channel from the European Parliament building in..

published on 2/14/25 2:12 PM
Ivaylo Valchev (ITN/ECR), Irina Nedeva (BNR) and Andrey Kovatchev (GERB/EPP) in Radio studio 1 of the EP, Strasbourg, 12 Feb 2025

The economic debate is key for this European Parliament session, say Bulgarian MEPs

The economic and financial debate is key for the current European Parliament session . This is the opinion of Bulgarian MEP from the European People's Party Andrey Kovatchev, who is a member of the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee. "The topic does not..

published on 2/14/25 12:05 PM