VOTING ON ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL POSTPONED

On 31st of July, the last working day of Bulgaria’s Parliament before its summer holiday, the anti-corruption bill did not reach to the stage of voting. After several proposals to extend the time for the debates on it, no agreement was reached on extension and the Parliament went on with the regular parliamentary control session.

During the debates, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the liberal party “Movement for Rights and Freedoms” (MRF) said they would not support the bill. The BSP’s motives to oppose were that giving power to one single body called National Bureau for Fight against Corruption at the High Levels of Power would potentially concentrate huge power in one place.

According to them, uniting the Commission for Prevention and Ascertainment of Conflict of Interest with the Centre for Prevention and Countering Corruption and Organised Crime would be dangerous. MRF expressed doubts about the independent nature of thenew anti-corruption unit, because its members would be elected by the Executive power. MRF said they would give their support only if amendments to the bill were made before second reading.

The centre-right Reformist Bloc supported the bill, which was proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva from their alliance and expressed concerns that failure to move forward with it might send a bad signal to Brussels.

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