MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION IN BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT ARGUE ON FIRST WORKING DAY OF THE MONTH

Focus News, Bulgaria
May 2 2007

Sofia. Opposition and majority in the Bulgarian Parliament started
an argument in the very first working day of the month, a reporter
of FOCUS News Agency informed.

The argument started around the discussion of the Armenian genocide.

According to the set of rules of the Bulgarian Parliament,
Parliamentary factions have the right to propose draft bills for
discussion on the first working day of t he current month. Generally
such proposals are included in the agenda without being voted.

The Parliamentary group of the Attack party has made a proposal for
recognizing the Armenian genocide. The leftist MP Maya Manolova made
a proposal to subject Attack’s proposal to a vote, since it has been
already discussed and rejected last year. According to Manolova, the
Attack’s proposal was identical to that of 2006. The vote rejected
the proposal, which caused the sharp reaction of the opposition.