Friday , 25 July 2008
Bulgaria’s Nationalist “Ataka” (Attack) Party is to leave parliament in protest against the ruling “criminal majority,” MP Desislav Chukolov reported Thursday.
“We do not wish to become accomplices to the government and the laws and decisions it makes,” the party member added in an interview.
“We are not running away but getting closer to the voters. We call on all opposition parties to follow our example and join us in the boycott. We are to start meeting with the people and try to deprive this cabinet of the possibility to rule,” Chukolov said.
On Wednesday opposition political forces in Bulgaria filed the sixth no confidence vote against the governing three-way ruling coalition, comprised of socialists, centrists and the ethnic Turkish party, over its failure in adhering to the rules of the EU and in the absorption of EU funds.
The move came along with a harsh report from the EC over Bulgaria’s progress in the judicial sphere and EU funds absorption.
July 25, 2008 Sofia News Agency
Source: The Journal of Turkish Weekly, 25 July 2008