liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has resubmitted an indictment against Hristo Biserov, former Deputy Parliament Speaker and former MP from liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office submitted the indictment against Biserov on April 9 but on May 5 it was returned for revision.

After nearly two hours of talks on Tuesday, center-right party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and right-wing formation the Reformist Bloc failed to reach agreement on draft constitutional amendments.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is convinced that the judicial reform proposal will pass first reading in Parliament next Friday.

Speaking Sunday in Krichim, he commented that the judicial reform strategy had been approved by a large majority of MPs.
Borisov made clear that he would meet leaders of political parties on Monday and Tuesday over the upcoming vote.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor or a deputy will be authorized to stop financial transactions or property deals for a period of 48 hours, according to a proposal for changes to the Criminal Procedure Code tabled by four political parties.

The new powers of the Chief Prosecutor will only be exercised in exceptional cases, according to the proposal.

Bulgaria's Parliament conclusively adopted amendments to the National Audit Office Act on Thursday.

Under the changes, the National Audit Office will consist of five instead of nine members.

The headcount of the NAO includes a chair, two deputies, and two members, all of which have a 7-year term in office, according to investor.bg.

Ruling center-right party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) has made clear that it mulls holding a referendum on compulsory voting alongside the local elections in the autumn of 2015.

The idea, put forth by Nayden Zelenogorski, Deputy Chair of the Reformist Bloc, was backed by Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Deputy Chair of GERB.

Deputy Prime Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has accused the coalition partners of center-right party GERB of acting like opposition parties.

Bachvarova, as cited by dnevnik.bg, insisted that the relations between the parties participating in the ruling coalition had not reached a critical point.

Tzvetan Vasilev, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and majority shareholder in Corporate Commercial Bank AD, has argued that the bank has fallen victim to a disgraceful smear campaign organized by the political and economic circles around liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).

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The two main parties constituting nationalist formation the Patriotic Front (PF) - NFSB and VMRO - clash over the recently appointed Deputy Minister of Defence Orhan Ismailov.

Valeri Simeonov, leader of nationalist party National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), confirmed on Wednesday that the party was still against the appointment of Ismailov.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has asked Parliament to strip 5 MPs of their immunity from prosecution, including Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Volen Siderov, Georgi Svilenski, Iliya Iliev, Dimitar Dimitrov, and MEP Sergey Stanishev.

The move aims to pave the way for criminal proceedings against MPs with immunity from prosecution.