In a challenging and long-awaited decision on March 13, 2025, the Constitutional Court partially annulled the October 27, 2024 elections after receiving a record five requests from 300 MPs across two National Assemblies, Velichie [Grandeur] said in a press release on Thursday.
The ruling earlier in the day found that 16 MPs in the 51st National Assembly were unlawfully elected.
None of the institutions listed in Article 150 of the Constitution—President, Prosecutor General, Council of Ministers, the Presidents of the Supreme Administrative Court and Supreme Court of Cassation, Ombudsman—provided an opinion despite being approached with evidence of large-scale electoral fraud, Velichie said. The party added that the Constitutional Court faced much criticism but upheld the law in a professional and dignified manner.
Velichie said that MPs, the Central Election Commission (CEC), Information Services, and the Sofia City Prosecution Service showed incompetence and political dependency in handling the elections. MPs from Velichie participated actively in the constitutional case, filing multiple requests for transparency from CEC and reports to the prosecution service.
As a result of the Constitutional Court’s decision, Velichie will enter the 51st National Assembly with ten MPs, while 16 current MPs from nearly all political forces will lose their seats. CEC is expected to redistribute the mandates soon. Velichie called the outcome “a small but well-deserved reward” for volunteers and supporters at home and abroad, maintaining that the elections were unfair and manipulated.
The party vowed to keep fighting for a complete annulment of the vote, continue efforts to expose “criminal governance,” and oppose any coalition, open or covert, involving [Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning's] Delyan Peevski or [GERB Leader] Boyko Borissov, whom it accuses of large-scale corruption.
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