liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms

Bulgaria's Parliament will hold an extraordinary sitting on a proposal for a referendum on election rules on Tuesday.

Parliament Speaker Mihail Mikov scheduled the extraordinary sitting for Tuesday at 2 pm.

The referendum proposal was initiated by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and was backed by an initiative committee.

Support for Bulgaria's socialist-led government fell by 15% in the 15 days after the European Parliament elections, according to the Gallup International polling agency.

According to Gallup International data, as cited by bTV, 47% of the polled demand the resignation of the government headed by Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, while 32% support it.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has argued that the country is plagued by a political crisis and is clearly heading for early elections in autumn.

Center-right party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) is in favor of holding a referendum on compulsory voting alongside the early general elections.

Liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has called on the Bulgarian government to resign in 4 months so that early elections can be held by end-2014.

If the European Parliament elections in Bulgaria were held today, the two main rivals would engage in a hotly-contested electoral battle, according to the Afis polling agency.

Center-right party GERB will submit a no-confidence motion over the failed energy policy of the Bulgarian socialist-led government on Friday.

The step was announced by Boyko Borisov, former Prime Minister and leader of the party, during consultations with representatives of the right-wing formation The Reformist Bloc on energy.

A bill envisaging a single body in charge of competition and consumer protection has been submitted by Yordan Tsonev, MP from liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).

The commission will combine the functions of the existing Commission on Protection of Competition and Commission for Consumer Protection.

Bulgaria's Parliament is to elect at a regular sitting on Wednesday a Chair of the National Audit Office.

MPs from the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) have nominated Lidiya Rumenova, former member of the National Audit Office.

15 political parties, 6 coalitions and 6 independent candidates submitted documents for participating in the European Parliament elections in Bulgaria on May 25.

The deadline for the registration of lists of candidates with the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) expired late on Tuesday, according to reports of Sega daily.