Member of the European Parliament Ilhan Kyuchyuk issued a sharp warning from Strasbourg about the developments in Bulgaria, describing the latest amendments to the electoral legislation as “a hijacking of the Electoral Code” and “a mockery of democracy.”
“On the eve of snap parliamentary elections, the ruling majority, with the support of several other political forces, is attempting to restrict the fundamental democratic right of Bulgarian citizens — the right to vote freely. The drastic limitation of polling stations outside the European Union to only 20 represents a cynical blow against hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians living outside the EU who have not turned their backs on Bulgaria.”
According to him, hundreds of thousands of Bulgarian citizens in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and the Republic of Türkiye have the legal and moral right to vote, but instead of protecting this right, the Bulgarian political class is undermining it. This raises a serious question: is this how a member state of the European Union protects the freedoms of its citizens and uses democracy as a facade?
The MEP called on the European Commission not to remain deaf to what is happening and to take concrete action. He also urged the President to use his constitutional powers and veto the law.
“The members of parliament must finally bear their political and moral responsibility,” he stated firmly.
