So what led to these dramatic events and what is next for the Bulgarian protest movement? The Bulgarian elite is deeply divided and warring factions wield their power over the state as a weapon against their competitors. The PG had a record of stating his opposition to the separation of powers in the government between legislative, executive, and judicial. Ivanov and his crew were brutally pushed back by security guards who refused to reveal if they work for the National Security Service (NSS), a government agency tasked with providing personal security to senior politicians and state functionaries. This angered the Bulgarian public, which has been reeling over the reckless overdevelopment of the Black Sea coast for years. In response to the demonstrations, a … 12 Jul 2020. And the largest street protests in seven years. Without the notion of social justice to supplement the liberal ideas about rule of law and judicial reform, the lofty calls for justice animating the protest stand a lesser chance of resonating with the majority of the Bulgarian population, whose main concern is socioeconomic survival. The war against corruption must also be a battle over definitions. Bulgaria protests: what is to be known? The following day the embattled government used the clashes as an excuse to stop negotiating its exit from power. The following day it was revealed that a company linked to Mareshki clinched a lucrative 20-year beach concession. It is increasingly time-consuming to do so, and donations would be very appreciated. The explanations police chiefs later gave about this unheard-of deployment of police force caused an outcry and fuelled conspiracy narratives that the police had let the provocateurs off the hook to have an excuse to attack the protesters. The water shortage happened due to lack of maintenance of vital infrastructure and government leniency towards large industries abusing local water reserves. The chief prosecutor, Ivan Geshev, whom the opposition has accused of aiding and abetting corruption by refusing to press charges against politicians and businessmen, reacted immediately by ordering a raid on the presidency, in blatant violation of all constitutionally sanctioned immunity guarantees and separation of powers. In effect, Borisov’s constitutional exercise aimed at buying him time in power. As Nov. 3 … Following that, a recording was received showing Borissov saying “we need to hit that businessman and smash his face in because he does not respect me”, which was confirmed to be real by an American laboratory. Since the beginning of 2020… Bulgaria's Socialist Party has brought a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s center-right government. This would mean resigning after attacks by criminals.”. A protester holds a poster in front of the German Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The President was already at odds with the government, as he beat the candidate that the government supported by a landslide in the 2016 elections. September 3, 2020, 11:01 PM • 2 min read. For the vote to have succeeded, 121 MPs out of the total 240 would have had to vote in favour. We run no advertising and have no sponsors, and are therefore entirely funded by our readers. The next day, Radev’s advisor was arrested for “conflict of interests” allegedly, but most likely an attempt to intimidate the President. News Bulgaria riots: Police, anti-government protesters clash in Sofia. The … Bozhkov revealed corruption schemes, lobbyist laws and shady deals that he made with the Prime Minister, Boyko Borissov. The President, Rumen Radev, criticized the government for the land theft and demanded an explanation on what was found in Borissov’s bedroom. Photo: Circlephoto / Shutterstock. The following day, on July 9, the first mass protest took place in Sofia. The motion of no confidence in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government, tabled by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party on the grounds of failures against corruption, was defeated in a National Assembly vote on July 21. In the evening, however, some protesters thought to be paid provocateurs, started throwing small fireworks at the police, which eventually provoked a violent response, as officers launched into the crowd, beating people with batons and using tear gas and water cannon. The largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office. (Hristo Rusev / Getty Images) Our new issue, “Biden Our Time,” will be out soon. Jana Tsoneva is a Sofia-based sociologist and a founding member of KOI: an engaged research NGO and publishing house. People participate in an anti-government protest organized by supporters of the Vazrazhdane (Revival) party, in front of the parliament in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 14, 2020. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Bozhkov decided to counterattack the government, which has also been key for the appointment of that Prosecutor General and has him function like a politician rather than a part of the prosecution. Candid photographs of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov sleeping in his bedroom next to a drawer packed full of 500-euro bills, gold bars and a gun were leaked to the media. Demonstrators take part in an anti-government protest in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday [Reuters/Stoyan Nenov] By Mariya Petkova. At the beginning of 2020, Bulgaria appointed a new Prosecutor General, Ivan Geshev, an official viewed very unfavorably even before his appointment. The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests are a series of ongoing political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. People protesting in Sofia, in front of St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral carrying national flags and demanding PM's resignation. Riot police and anti-government protesters faced off outside parliament with both sides suffering injuries. Despite the boost the liberal coalition of Hristo Ivanov got from the protests, it is unlikely that the party will solve this problem within the narrow legalistic reform framework it proposes (judicial reform and depoliticisation of the general prosecution). But the violent change of positions within the ruling elite and the elimination of competitors erodes the state. This infuriated the protesters and on September 2, the largest crowds since the beginning of the crisis gathered in central Sofia. In July 2020, Hristo Ivanov, co-leader of the liberal coalition “Democratic Bulgaria” and judicial reform activist, transformed the intra-elite war into a “civil war” of sorts by disembarking on the illegally enclosed beach, surrounding the seafront mansion of Ahmed Dogan, the honorary leader of the liberal Movement for Rights and Liberties (DPS), which claims to represent the ethnic minorities in Bulgaria but is widely known as one of the most corrupt parties. The cooperation allegedly broke when the Prime Minister decided to take the entire business, claims the tycoon. Dozens Gather in St. Paul to March Against Fascism in Protest-Response Training Center, Protesters in Ft. 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Dozens of people were detained and hurt in Bulgaria as protests against Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s government erupted in violent clashes with police. Money is power and the more wealth one accumulates privately, the greater its gravity, warping and bending the public sphere and the political life to the benefit of its owners. Either a special clinical path or National Program for Post-Covid Patients with Complications start in Bulgaria from February 8. Police violence began almost immediately, and Borissov defended the case of a beaten university student by saying that their grandfather was a communist. Several hundred anti-government protesters gathered in … These events put the habitual understanding of the state as a neutral arbiter to the test. The protests in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and of the Prosecutor-General are set to enter a new phase, as a group of organisers seek to recruit people for a national strike, Bulgarian National Radio said on July 19. In two nerve-racking weeks of negotiations, Borisov’s proposal finally gathered 122 signatures by the September 2 deadline, with the help of the populist party of fuel and pharmacy tycoon Veselin Mareshki. The arrest was unsuccessful and Bozhkov managed to escape to the United Arab Emirates. ... Barzachka, looked at why officeholders ignore peaceful demonstrations by comparing five major protests in Bulgaria … People gathered at antigovernment protest near the National Assembly building on September 22, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. For the first time, the police deployed water cannon, tear gas and pepper spray, marking the end of the relatively peaceful phase in protesting that made Bulgaria such an outlier in Europe in this regard. In a sleight of hand, the governing party changed the order of the demands and in August stunned everybody by declaring they have drafted a new constitution to fulfil the demand for change. Table of ContentsPrefaceProtestsPreface At the beginning of 2020, Bulgaria appointed a new Prosecutor General, Ivan Geshev, an official viewed very unfavorably even before his appointment. At the beginning of 2020, Bulgaria appointed a new Prosecutor General, Ivan Geshev, an official viewed very unfavorably even before his appointment. Notwithstanding the vague promise of resignation, the protesters were infuriated. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance. Since the beginning of 2020, a series of localised crises and scandals built up tension in the public sphere and led to an explosive protest wave against GERB’s almost uninterrupted 10-year rule. That is why it is great news that left-wing forces are also part of the protest. Then a series of scandals revealed corrupt schemes involving lucrative property along the Black Sea coast. Biden/Harris celebrations. As Member of Parliament Toma Bikov from the ruling GERB party put it on September 3, “after [the events of] yesterday, we can no longer discuss the resignation of the government. Nina S. Barzachka, Stefka P. Yordanova 12/17/2020. So what led to these dramatic events and what is next for the Bulgarian protest movement? However weak their voice still is, it is nonetheless important to keep pushing for “social” solutions to corruption and mafia rule. Bulgaria also needs а more robust welfare state that can make working people less dependent on the oligarchs for their livelihood. In early July 2020, Ivanov tried to access a Black Sea beach that Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), had illegally incorporated into his palatial summer home. According to a survey conducted before the protests by the agency Sova, Borisov's GERB leads in the polls and would obtain 21.3% of the vote, BSP 12%, MRF 5%, and Democratic Bulgaria 2.4%. There has been a stagnation of protests since late September, and the government will probably be voted out in March. Despite the liberal views professed by its organisers, the protest attracted people from across the political spectrum, including President Radev’s supporters from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), BSP splinters, the extra-parliamentary and the radical left, not to mention apolitical hipsters, artists and even turbo-folk singers. © 2021 Protests.media – All rights reserved, Powered by  – Designed with the Customizr theme. For two months, Bulgarians have protested against a scandal-ridden government which refuses to resign. 2020 was and still is an eventful year - pandemic, protests, orange men, you name it. The Barricade talks to one of the preferred commentators of the 2020 protests in Bulgaria in the internatinal press The Barricade’s Boyan Stanislavski made an intreview with Jana Tsoneva – one of the leading commentors on the Bulgarian protests in the international press. Then, the Anti-Corruption Fund, an NGO documenting and investigating high-level corruption, released a documentary about an insidious scheme for stealing high-profile businesses with the help of the judiciary. The protests voiced three main demands: the resignation of the ruling coalition and the chief prosecutor, early elections and then judicial reform through constitutional amendments. Over the past four days, Bulgaria … The power of the oligarchy needs to be undercut not only “from above”, ie via more stringent criminal and anti-corruption legislation, but also from “below”, from the foundations. Bulgaria is gripped by its biggest political crisis since 2013, when anticorruption protests brought down a center-left government. Protests in several Bulgarian towns on Thursday condemned amendments to the Biodiversity Act, which they say will potentially harm protected zones, delay protective measures and … On September 2, the two-month-long anti-governmental protests in Bulgaria entered the most violent stage to date. July 15, 2020, 7:45 AM. Then came the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s abysmal handling of the situation, which saw doctors resigning due to the lack of protective gear and inadequate emergency measures in place. The failure of the arrest only contributed to Geshev’s unpopularity with the Bulgarian people. After that, it was made public that a shady businessman and ex-politician, Ahmen Doğan had stolen land from the state and even had State Defense Services guarding the stolen land for him. It also removed constitutional guarantees for the equality between men and women replacing them with pro-natalist and “family values” paragraphs. The PG had a record of stating his opposition to the separation of powers in the government between legislative, executive, and judicial. want to break Bulgaria.” The Bulgarian Socialist Party began a no-confidence vote in the government, citing 25 corruption scandals that have occurred since 2017; it failed and Borissov’s government stood. Half a year of political scandals. It was a year unlike any other, and it was also an election year. Bulgaria looks set for a series of large-scale anti-government protests, highlighting the political crisis in the country and the numerous conflicts between the main figures on the scene. The prime minister did not deny the authenticity of the pictures but claimed the money was planted. Bulgaria is gripped in a political crisis, its biggest since 2013 , when sustained protests against corruption brought down a center-left government. The most notable case was of the Aleppu beach where a landslide cleared the ground for a luxury hotel right on the beach, which the authorities claimed was merely a “fortification wall”. Therefore, their power must be undercut by economic reforms, too, such as the long overdue abolition of the flat tax regime put in place by a BSP-DPS government in 2008, which funnels money from the bottom to the top, concentrating economic power in the hands of a few business circles. He also claimed that the GERB government had accepted a new law on gambling in exchange for Bozhkov giving 20% of his profits personally to the PM. Borisov tied his resignation to the constitutional amendments, explaining that if the party does not manage to collect the signatures of 50 percent of the MPs (or 120 people) by September 2 – the minimum quota required for the Parliament to begin discussing the draft – he will resign. Protesters say the move was a sign of toxic links between the ruling elite and shady interests in the Balkan country. Bulgaria’s prime minister reshuffled his cabinet to soothe an ongoing political crisis as he faces a no-confidence motion over graft accusations and protests urging him to resign. The unrest began when a former justice minister, Hristo Ivanov, and two other people sailed to a beach near the Black Sea port of Burgas and tried to plant a Bulgarian flag. Some 100 people were arrested, many were badly beaten, including at least one journalist who produced his press card but was not spared from the police violence. The winter was marked by a water crisis caused by the drying up of several dams, the most serious of which took place in the town of Pernik, 45km southwest of Sofia. The skirmish caused an outcry, augmented by the intervention of the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev who confirmed that the security guards are indeed employees of the NSS and were appointed in violation of their mandate. On one of the biggest nights of protest, he went live on Facebook to say, “I will not resign because ‘they’ (who?) He tried to redirect public attention to his proposed “new constitution” and the firing of the Finance, Economics, Tourism, and Internal Affairs Ministers. A photo was also discovered of Borissov in his bedroom which was confirmed to be real by independent groups. It became clear that the constitution was just a timewaster, and the Minister of Law resigned shortly after. For more than 100 days, thousands of Bulgarians have been coming together in the streets to demand the resignations of Boyko Borissov’s third government and General … Updated 4:18 PM ET, Wed July 15, 2020 . After the arrest of his advisor, protests began on the 9th of July, demanding the resignation of the government and the chief prosecutor. By The Associated Press. Huge demonstrations kept roiling politics in places as diverse as Chile, Hong Kong, and Lebanon, and new, shorter protests—like those over the downing of an airliner in Iran —erupted regularly. Photo: KGG1951 (cc) wikimedia.org In my article ‘Bulgaria: will Borissov’s government survive this summer?’, I raised awareness of a series of corruption scandals which shook Bulgaria in 2020 and raised the eyebrows of Bulgarian civil society. SOFIA, BULGARIA - Thousands of Bulgarians gathered for a … The PG had a record... Protests.media is a decentralized news collective of researchers that seek to document mass movements from a peoples’ perspective, compared to inherently biased corporate and state media. The early summer was also marked by thunderous reshuffling within the ranks of the ruling oligarchy and businessmen close to them, leading to the fall from grace of Vassil Bozhkov, one of the richest gambling, tourism and construction bosses in Bulgaria, followed by a full-blown turf war which spilled over into the public sphere in the shape of leaks. In early 2020, when little was known about the virus and it seemed like a localized problem, the protest surge that had marked the second half of 2019 continued. October 28, 2020 - Radosveta Vassileva - Articles and Commentary. In Bulgaria, anti-government protests have flared up again as coronavirus cases continue to rise. 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