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CORRUPTION CONTROVERSY IN BULGARIA COULD INFLUENCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Thu, Jun 22 2006 09:05 CET

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Neue Zurcher Zeitung published an article saying that the corruption controversy involving Bulgaria's former prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg revealed the country's 'corruption swamp' in 'full light'.

On June 17 Italian prosecution presented evidence that Saxe-Coburg allegedly tried to grant Italian Prince Victor Emmanuel and businessman Pierpaolo Cerani participation in major Bulgarian construction and telecommunications projects.

The controversy caused heated debates in Bulgarian media, Neue Zurcher Zeitung said. Such schemes seemed to support the general public opinion that politicians and businessmen had joined efforts to increase personal profit from the privatisation process in the country.

At present Saxe-Coburg is leader of the National Movement Simeon II (NMSII), member of the ruling tripartite coalition. According to latest polls the party had lost the public support.
NMSII hoped for a revival by nominating Saxe-Coburg for president in the upcoming elections, but the controversy made such move impossible, the newspaper said.

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