site.btaProsecution Charges Socialist MP Manol Genov with Vote Buying

Sofia, July 12 (BTA) - The prosecution has charged Bulgarian Socialist party MP Manol Genov with vote buying. According to the prosecution, he paid between 20 and 25 leva per vote in the last parliamentary elections. The scheme included a prisoner in a correctional dormitory in the southern city of Plovdiv. He carried a phone by which he communicated with the MP, Prosecutor General Spokesperson Roumyana Arnaudova explained.

Genov rejected all charges before journalists and expressed hope that the court will fairly acquit him.