site.btaParliament to Hold Extraordinary Sitting Tuesday Afternoon

National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova has convoked an extraordinary sitting of Parliament at 2pm Tuesday, the legislature said on its website. The agenda includes a hearing of the leadership of the Central Election Commission and the CEO of elections services provider Information Services, Ivaylo Filipov.

The CC has been approached by several parties challenging the lawfulness of the elections. As part of the case it opened, the Court hired experts to do a new count of the ballots in some 2,204 polling stations and once the recount was done, it instructed the Central Election Commission to recalculate the results. CEC, in turn, asked election services operator Information Services to do the recalculation. On March 10, Information Services said that all relevant paperwork had been provided to the prosecuting magistracy. In an unprecedented statement, the Court said that providing the election papers to the prosecuting magistracy without its permission hinders its efforts to conclude the case challenging the election results. 

The motion for the emergency sitting was submitted by MPs of BSP - United Left, GERB - UDF and There Is Such a People.