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Voter Anger A huge portion of voters around the world are angry. Some are angry at their politicians because they lied to them about getting out of the crisis – supposedly it is over and the problems have been solved, and yet neither wages are rising nor jobs are being created. Others are angry at the weakness of their countries to …

Although they don't know it yet, yesterday GERB deputies gifted the next elections to Slavi Trifonov. They did it in the same way that Kostov gifted the elections to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Parvanov gifted the elections to Borisov, Fidosova gifted the elections to the BSP, and then Oresharski gifted …

A few months after the National Assembly condemned the referendum proposed by President Plevneliev in its part on a majoritarian electoral system, this issue may again come up on the agenda if the referendum organized by Slavi Trifonov and his team sees the light of day. In general, the idea of a majoritarian electoral system is in the …

The results of the referendum are now clear – the majority of voters supported electronic voting, but most voters decided not to vote at all. This seems like a great tragedy for the advocates of the idea, but was it really that important? The answer is “no”. Here’s why: Democracy is a form of government in which those who are governed …

I begin this text with an important clarification – I do not vote, I have not voted for a long time and there is no prospect of voting in the near future. In this text I will examine one of the main reasons for this – the party principle of electing the representatives of the people and part of the administration and the policy packages, …

On October 5, exactly one year ago, early parliamentary elections were held, bringing to power the current coalition government of Boyko Borisov. Anniversaries are usually a time for taking stock and analyzing what has been accomplished, and although the government was formally born on November 7, in Bulgaria the legislative and executive branches are not …

On July 29, in his show, Slavi Trifonov, demonstrating deep sorrow and indignation at the decision of the deputies to reject the referendum proposed by President Rosen Plevneliev, announced that he would initiate a petition to hold a new referendum, which would include the following 7 questions: Changing the electoral system to a majoritarian one; Reducing the …

Recently, President Rosen Plevneliev put forward the idea of a referendum to change the electoral rules. Of the three proposed questions, one deserves special attention – do we want compulsory voting to be introduced? The first point to note is that such a question is of a very general nature and citizens do not really know …

The UK election has come as yet another surprise to pollsters. Just a day before the vote, they predicted that the Conservatives and Labour would achieve a very similar result, and some analysts even drew scenarios in which there would be new elections in a few months. However, the reality turned out to be the opposite – the Tories managed to secure a comfortable …

On October 5th, many will head to the polls. The purpose of voting – at least for most of them – will undoubtedly be to improve their well-being, help resolve social conflicts, and redirect resources to the most important public areas for them. But let's see if the political …