2024-06-24 15:34:48
For the third time in two weeks, residents of 26 settlements in our nation went to the polls. After the early parliamentary and European vote on June 9, on Sunday, additionally they voted for native authorities within the districts of Blagoevgrad, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Sofia area, Pernik, Haskovo and Targovishte.
5 months after the Administrative Courtroom in Haskovo annulled the elections, and within the part within the village of Malorad in Vratsa, preferences had been added for “Martin and father Ceno”, the voters there voted for a totally new Municipal Council and for a mayor, respectively. Turnout was decrease than in common native elections final fall.
IN Haskovo among the members of the OIC didn’t present up on time, and others didn’t come in any respect, in order that they had been changed. The vote for the 41 municipal councilors within the metropolis was canceled after 6 formations appealed the outcomes of October 29 this yr – PP-DB, BSP, “Vazrazhdane”, VMRO, “We’re coming” and “Bulgaria of the Areas”. In accordance with the courtroom’s choice, the ballots in all 151 sections had been re-counted. Solely in 30 had been no violations discovered.
And whereas new elections for the municipal council are being held in Haskovo, the one from the earlier time period with chairwoman Tanya Zaharieva turned efficient once more.
The Supreme Courtroom declared invalid the October elections in a number of locations within the Vratsa area as effectively. In a village Malorad for instance, the chairman and members of the committee added preferences for among the candidates. “Our boys are right here. Would you like us to assist Martin, someone, Father Ceno? Let’s give them the preferences, let there be individuals from the village there”, could be heard within the revealed footage from the video surveillance. The Supreme Courtroom outlined this as “a totally flawed election, and a violation of the basic democratic constitutional rules was dedicated in opposition to the voters.”
Within the village of Vratsa Bat violations had been additionally discovered within the dedication of the variety of invalid votes, in filling out the protocol of the SEC and in finishing the election papers.
Within the village of Mezdren Crete nonetheless, a brand new vote was reached as a result of the mayor elected within the first spherical didn’t comply along with his obligations underneath the legislation on native self-government and didn’t cease his work as a service provider and supervisor of firms. The identical is the transgression of the mayors within the Pernik villages Studena, Bogdanov dol and Surf. The mayor of the village of Perni resigned for private causes Lyulin.