“The time has come for a fundamental discussion on political parties and on changes in the political system, but to say that BSP [Bulgarian Socialist Party] is trying to cut off some parties from political life is not serious,” former interior minister Roumen Petkov told the morning talk show of private broadcaster bTV concerning the amendments to the law on political parties discussed by BSP.

He added that “as a society, we need to take a look at who takes part in political life. Is it normal that there are 400 parties in Bulgaria?”.

“Regarding the majoritarian system, with all my respect for President [Georgi] Purvanov, I am reserved. I am not convinced that majoritarian elections are the key to hygienise the electoral process”, he said, commenting on Purvanov's suggestion for the introduction of the majoritarian electoral system in Bulgaria.

Boyan Rassate, leader of the right-wing Bulgarian National Union (BNU) told Nova TV by phone regarding the June 28 gay pride parade in Sofia: “I think I did everything in my powers to explain to society the relation between homosexuality and paedophilia.”

Commenting on the rocketing prices and inflation, Konstantin Trenchev, leader of Podkrepa labour union, told Nova TV: “As these boys (the Government) can't do it, they should stand up and get out [...] You see that Europe is slapping us in the face on a daily basis.”