Several thousand protest in Sofia as Bulgaria’s Parliament resumes [1]

The Sofia Globe - 9/04/13, Staff

(Photo: Vassil Garnizov)

Bulgaria’s Parliament was the focus of a turnout of several thousand anti-government protesters on September 4 2013 as the National Assembly resumed after the summer recess, while there was also a strong turnout of pro-government demonstrators – both groups augmented by busloads of people brought in from cities and towns elsewhere in the country.

While the anti-government protests, going on for 83 consecutive days, have been demanding the resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party government and endorsing no political party, the September 4 protest saw former ruling party, centre-right GERB, associate itself with the protests.

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