Thursday, June 4, 2009

Millions Slated for Bulgaria Vote Buying at EP Elections: Millions Slated for Bulgaria Vote Buying at EP Elections - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency

Millions Slated for Bulgaria Vote Buying at EP Elections: Millions Slated for Bulgaria Vote Buying at EP Elections - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency:

BGN 12 M have already been slated by political organizations in Bulgaria to buy votes for the European Parliament (EP) elections.

The information was revealed in an interview for Darik radio Thursday by Tihomir Bezlov from the Center for Study of Democracy.

Bezlov further talked about the well planned, intricate schemes to buy votes for the EP elections that will take place in Bulgaria Sunday, June 7. He said that about 5% of ll votes will be 'for sale' while the average price was BGN 50 per vote.

Bezlov also explained that there was a well established chain and hierarchy in which for a predetermined price certain individuals were in charge of providing 10 votes, others 100 while the most powerful bosses, such the Roma ones, would provide 2 000 votes for the price of about BGN 100 000.

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