site.btaPresident Radev Approaches Constitutional Court over Legal Provisions Allowing Donations to Parties by Legal Entities

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President Radev Approaches
Constitutional Court over Legal Provisions Allowing
Donations to Parties by Legal Entities


Sofia, July 31 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev has approached the Constitutional Court to rule on the constitutionality of legal amendments to the Political Parties Act allowing donations to political parties by legal entities, Radev's press secretariat said.

Radev holds that the provisions in question "replace the interest in the name of which political parties will work and undermine the constitutional foundations of the Bulgarian political system". According to Radev, the provisions jeopardize the key principle of the political life in this country, pluralism and the pillars of democracy.

On July 4, the National Assembly approved the government-proposed slashing of party subsidies from 11 leva to 1 lev per vote. The provisions further stipulate that political parties will be able to receive donations not only from natural persons but also from juristic persons and sole traders. The provisions about the donations were vetoed by Radev but the veto was overridden by the National Assembly on July 24. LY/ZH
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