site.btaMECh Leader Urges TISP To Not Resubmit Penal Code Amendments

 MECh party Chair and MP Radostin Vasilev called on There Is Such a People (TISP) to not to resubmit the amendments to the Penal Code that would criminalize the dissemination of information about a person’s private life. Speaking to journalists in Parliament on Friday, he added that TISP built their show and party “on mocking personal dignity.”

“Now I understand that TISP intends to withdraw it because Borissov disagreed, and they didn’t even reach a quorum at today’s session,” said Vasilev.

He also said: “Today we see wavering in the willingness and support from coalition partners. This law damages the coalition.” According to Vasilev, the government won’t fall because of Lukoil or because they took out 20 billion in loans, but because of this law.

He described the motive for the invasion of privacy behind the bill as “false.”

The MP also commented that they support the petition by Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria calling for the resignation of the Chairperson of the Commission for Counteracting Corruption, Anton Slavchev.