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Volen Siderov, the leader of Bulgaria’s far-right, nationalist Ataka party, is considering running for President next year. Photo by BGNES
The far-right, nationalist Ataka party has prepared a proposal to change the Elections Act in order to eliminate the participation of ghost parties and shady business groups.
The information was reported Monday by party leader, Volen Siderov, who spoke in a TV interview.
Siderov, who is the rotating Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for control over the National Agency for State Security (DANS), said they want to allow at local elections only parties, who ran at the country’s general elections and had won a certain % of the vote. The move aims at eliminating the existence of municipal councils, composed by local lobbyists.
Siderov further stated he is a firm supporter of holding local and Presidential elections on the same day and did not reject the possibility he, himself, might run for President.
The Ataka leader also alarmed about the danger of fundamental Islam infiltrating certain regions of the country, mainly the Rhodoppe Mountains and blamed the authorities for not being active enough in countering these attempts.
Siderov accuses the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party in supporting foundations and unions that work undercover to spread Islam in Bulgaria. He named the DPS Member of the Parliament, Kasim Dal, saying the latter has known ties with the Turkish Secret Services and works against the interests of Bulgaria.
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