The Central Election Commission (CEC) Monday refused to register the coalitions of both factions in the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF): Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - MRF of those loyal to MRF Honorary Chair Ahmed Dogan, and MRF - New Beginning of Delyan Peevski.
The election administration reasons that the Election Code does not allow one party to be in more than one coalitions. The decisions for both were made in a unanimous vote of 15 votes.
Last week CEC decided to register the two MRF coalitions simultaneously, without entry number. It later instructed the two coalitions to make sure MRF is not part of them and present proof of that by 17.00 hrs on September 7. Both coalitions said they would not comply and claimed that they represent "the real" MRF.
CEC Deputy Chair Tsvetozar Tomov commented, "We all know that this case, called an internal party problem in one of the most influential political parties in Bulgaria, was presented to the CEC in a form in which the party turned out to have simultaneously submitted documents for participation in two different coalitions. Our instructions to these two coalitions were intended to do only one thing - to enable the internal party conflict in question to be resolved in such a way that the decision to resolve it would be primarily compliant with the will of MRF's voters".
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