Protesters against the adoption of the budget blocked traffic at the "Triangle of Power." The organizers are the PP (Political Party) "We Continue the Change." The official start time of the protest is 6:00 PM, but people had gathered in front of the National Assembly building to watch the organized meeting of the parliamentary committee on budget and finance.
On the agenda of its meeting today is a vote on the second reading of the bill for the budget of the State Social Security and that of the National Health Insurance Fund. The meeting began with tension between Asen Vasilev from the PG (Parliamentary Group) of PP-DB and the chairman of the committee, Delyan Dobrev from the PG of GERB-SDS. It was caused by the premature start of the meeting. Vasilev insisted on waiting for the scheduled time and blocked the activity of the committee until then.
The protest escalated when a bus full of police officers parked on Blvd. "Knyaz Alexander Dondukov". The protesters began to stick stickers and attempted to push the bus off the street or knock it down. Those who had gathered to watch the meeting of the budget and finance committee on a video screen in front of the parliament headed towards the entrances of the National Assembly to greet the MPs after the end of the meeting. Subsequently, the bus was moved.
The citizens gathered around the entrances of the National Assembly booed the MPs as they exited the building.
MPs from "We Continue the Change" joined the live chain of protesters around the National Assembly building.