There is political pressure on the Central Election Commission (CEC), which is unacceptable, its spokesman Tsvetozar Tomov said. He stated that he would not announce the names of the parties, so as not to cause additional tension. According to him, political formations should refrain from commenting on the Commission’s activities.
The CEC was in a case of whether a candidate could resign from the seat he won in the election. The dispute arose after the newly elected mayor of Blagoevgrad and former Prime Minister Borissov applied for resignation. The decisions in both cases provoked a re-vote, as well as a reaction from GERB. According to the former rulers, there was a different attitude towards their leader and the representative of „There is such a people“. Tomov commented to „bTV“:
„Two votes were held. These were two separate decisions, with the latter failing to obtain a qualified majority, leading to a re-vote. Two opinions clashed in the committee. There is a decision of the Constitutional Court from 2001, according to which the end of the election day is the beginning of the mandate of the National Assembly. This is my understanding. I am against the CEC announcing who the deputies are. The EC does not elect or appoint MPs, but it only registers the election.“
A CEC spokesman revealed that some of his colleagues had changed their position during the re-election. According to Tomov, the newly elected mayor of Blagoevgrad, Ilko Stoyanov, should have resigned from his campaign for deputy after he was elected mayor.
