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As expected, in the evening, the second edition of the Great People’s Uprising, which demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev, gathered more people than at the beginning of the day. Overall though, turnout initially seemed slightly lower than in the first Great People’s Uprising on September 2.
But with the beginning of the evening, more and more people arrived who filled the space of the calls. power triangle to the old palace and illuminated it with their phones.
The protest is proceeding calmly, and so far no clear groups of provocateurs have been noticed, reports a Mediapool reporter =
To the sound of whistles, trombos and vuvuzelas, the people, some of them who came with their children, chanted “Resignation” and “Mutri outside. Some of them wave the Bulgarian national flag. Protesters hold a large Bulgarian flag in front of the building of the former party house, which is now used for sessions of the National Assembly.
A group of protesters lined up in front of the police. Each one of them carried a mirror, some wrote “the protest is for you too”, others “you are one of us”, and others had painted a cap.
On Thursday, the Great Popular Uprising 2 began at 8 am with an increased police presence after “Bloody Wednesday” on September 2. In its first hours, six people were arrested during police inspections of the protest for carrying dangerous objects. They were released later that day.
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The Ministry of the Interior announced that in the morning, during an inspection in the protest area, the police found many stones piled up and bottles with liquids of different colors. A 10-liter tube of colored liquid was found, carefully hidden in a bush, as well as 9 other half-liter bottles. There were also metal rods. During inspections at checkpoints, the demonstration seized incendiary substances, fireworks and toys, a rifle and a sword.
“We call on the public who will come to demonstrate their protest, not to succumb to provocations and calls for the violation of public order. Upon realizing people or groups with obvious intentions to commit or commit such flagrant violations of public order, notify the police authorities, “said Radoslav Stoynev of the Interior Ministry Security Police on national radio.
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In general, the atmosphere in the morning and later in the day was quiet. Shortly after 10 a.m., protesters blocked traffic on Dondukov Boulevard and spread a huge tricolor.
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“We are waiting for Borissov’s resignation and we will stay here until we achieve our goal,” Nikolay Hadjigenov told BNR. “We have been here 64 days, if necessary, we will stay another 64,” he added.
Democratic Bulgaria joined the specific demands for changes to the Electoral Code. The co-chair of the training, Hristo Ivanov, insists on an independent audit of automatic voting, the introduction of remote electronic voting or postal voting for Bulgarians abroad.
The day before, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced that he had no intention of resigning because his mafia demanded his resignation from the square.
“This is cynicism that the prime minister is showing in his agony. Borisov must get away with it. He sees what we are capable of. People are furious not only in Sofia, but throughout Bulgaria,” said sculptor Prof. Velislav Minekov, part of the so-called Poison Trio.
The only way out is resignation, and you cannot try to form a cabinet of experts, as some political forces, including the MRF, suggest, he added. “We do not work with such cheap scams. We will not allow such a thing and it will not happen. This cabinet will be expelled, Borisov will be expelled and his attorney general will be expelled. They are unfortunate people who do not deserve to be expelled.” be in these positions and never deserve it. In fact, they were appointed and never elected, “Minekov said.
He said the protesters would not allow election fraud. “Get out immediately and make free and fair decisions, something that has not happened in recent years,” urged the sculptor.
Protesters blocked traffic near the Danube Bridge in Ruse
Protesters against air pollution in Ruse and against the Bulgarian government blocked traffic in the area of the Danube Bridge border checkpoint tonight.
Participants in the discontent stopped their cars at the roundabout near the border checkpoint. Some of them wore T-shirts with the words “Mutri out”, and others: “Dirty air kills us.”
Regarding air pollution in the city, Mayor Pencho Milkov said a day ago that the state is not providing the necessary assistance to solve the problem. He added that he had recently received a written refusal from the Ministry of Environment and Water to buy a mobile air quality testing station.
On this occasion, Milkov sent a letter to all interested institutions: to the Council of Ministers, to the Minister of Environment and Water, to the Executive Director of the Executive Agency for the Environment / EEA /. In it, the mayor insists that pollutants be identified and that adequate, modern and mobile equipment be provided as soon as possible for the analysis of air quality in the city.
Traffic in the border control post area will be blocked for about an hour. Police teams regulate and redirect traffic on the ring roads.
The protesters said that later tonight they intend to express their discontent in front of an auto parts factory in the Eastern Industrial Zone.
Protest in Veliko Tarnovo
Dissatisfied with the government of the country, they gathered to protest in front of the monument to Mother Bulgaria in Veliko Tarnovo.
They demanded the resignation of the Boyko Borissov government and early parliamentary elections, BTA reports.
There will be protests until both goals are met: the resignation of the government and the chief prosecutor, said associate theologian Prof Svetlozar Vlaykov, noting that the situation in Bulgaria is in the focus of world media and politicians, which will speed up the resignation. requested.
Although our protest is in a rural town, it has its weight because it forms an active environment that is ready to engage in dialogue for future positive changes in governance, said Adriana Hristova, professor of painting.
The protest marched in a peaceful civil march to the Palace of Justice and briefly closed the main street of the city.
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