site.btaMRF's Peevski Says Elections Must Be Annulled if Voting Machines Not Eliminated

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) co-floor leader Delyan Peevski said that the local elections on Sunday must be annulled across the country unless a way is found to eliminate voting machines because they have been compromised.  "What is happening is unheard of in Bulgarian history," he said.

Earlier on Friday, There Is Such a People said that a Deputy Electronic Governance Minister affiliated with Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria, "has downloaded" the voting machine codes, effectively compromising machine voting. Vazrazhdane immediately called for Yolov's resignation. GERB announced that a meeting of Parliament's presiding body, including the Parliament Chair and his deputies, and the floor leaders of the parties, would be held to look into the matter. 

Electronic Governance Minister Alexander Yolovski held a news briefing as the situation started to escalate, to say that the security of voting in the October 29 elections is guaranteed.

Peevski, however, was adamant that the two options in this situation to remove the machines from the voting process or cancel the October 29 elections.