SETimes.com - Tzvetina Borisova for Southeast European Times in Sofia, 26/08/13
A demonstrator waves a Bulgarian national flag during an anti-government protest in Sofia on July 24th. [AFP]
The main reason behind a recent wave of anti-government protests in Bulgaria is a result of corruption and weak public institutions that serve as a democratic facade for a system of governance allowing illegitimate oligarchic, vested interests to control institutional decision-making, according to Transparency International (TI) Bulgaria.
"They [the protesters] are fed up that the country's elites -- in politics but also in business -- are getting away with impunity for corruption," TI wrote in its recent report.
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