Caretaker PM Yanev met with the head of the OSCE election observation mission

The government's commitment to preparing for fair and free elections is being fulfilled in full. I am confident that we have done the best in this respect, caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said on July 6 during his meeting with Tana de Zulueta, Head of Mission in Bulgaria of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Europe (OSCE).

In the course of the conversation in the Council of Ministers, the overall pre-election situation was discussed, as well as the tasks of the caretaker cabinet for guaranteeing democratic elections, in strict compliance with the legal provisions.

During the meeting, emphasis was placed on the new situation given the changed electoral legislation. Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev pointed out that the machine vote was secured by the government both financially and logistically.

Regarding the electoral process abroad, the caretaker Prime Minister noted that there is an increase in the number of polling stations abroad compared to the previous elections.

Caretaker Prime Minister Yanev also highlighted the serious and purposeful efforts of the government in two directions - on the one hand to send a positive message to citizens and encourage them to exercise their right to vote and on the other hand to uncompromisingly counteract negative practices such as vote buying.

In response to the interest shown by Tana de Zulueta regarding the measures that are being taken by the caretaker cabinet against vote buying, Prime Minister Yanev assured that the Ministry of Interior is working hard and their actions are yielding results.

The caretaker Prime Minister also shared the feedback he received during his meeting with members of the public in various places in the country. Yanev noted that people feel freer and try to free themselves from the fear or other pressure they have felt before.

The Prime Minister, Stefan Yanev, thanked OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for its continued co-operation and active participation in election observation activities in Bulgaria.

He stressed that he highly appreciated the work of all international observers and reaffirmed the government's readiness to assist so that they could successfully carry out their tasks in the interest of promoting free and fair elections.

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