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The Bulgarian MPs often pass legislation without reaching a quorum and 26 of them have never spoken from the tribune. File photo
As many as 26 Bulgarian MPs have not uttered a single word from the Parliamentary Tribune since the 41-st Bulgarian National Assembly has started working.
Sixteen members of the centrist ruling GERB party and 10 MPs from the oppositional Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) have never officially addressed their colleagues by the Tribune, according to a research done by the the Sofia University's "Rhetoric" Department Head, Liliya Metodieva. She is also the initiator of the "Civil Control over Parliamentarism" project.
The most renown among the "silent" group of Bulgarian MPs is DPS leader Ahmed Dogan.
"The word "Parliament" itself originates from the French for "talk". The National Assembly has to be constantly debating and discussing in order for a decent legislative process to be established," Metodieva commented, dissatisfied with the lack of activity on behalf of the MPs.
Furthermore, the Bulgarian Parliament has passed 195 laws without reaching a quorum. Among those, the MPs have voted and passed bills 30 times with the lack of even 61 members present.
However, as Liliya Metodieva pointed out, there has been a positive tendency in the Bulgarian Parliament, concerning the elimination of the notorious "tradition" of voting with voting with absent fellow MPs' cards.
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