site.btaParliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe to Observe Bulgarian Elections

Strasbourg, March 29 (BTA) - An 18-member delegation of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Alfred Heer
(Switzerland, ALDE), will observe the conduct of the
parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, the organization wrote on
its website, https://pace.coe.int/, on Monday.

The delegation will be working alongside observers from the OSCE
 Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

It will have remote meetings, in particular, with leaders and
representatives of political parties and coalitions, the
Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, as well as with
representatives of civil society and the media, before
travelling to Bulgaria for observing the ballot on April 4.

A member of the Venice Commission - the Council of Europe's
group of independent legal experts - will provide legal support
during the visit, PACE said. NV/VE