Members of Parliament hold different opinions when it comes to de-classification of secret archives and the degree to which such information should be made public.

Controversy focused on item 32 of the new law, saying that some information should remain secret if it threatened national security.

Former interior minister Yordan Sokolov said that revealing information that high officials collaborated with secret services could in no way affect national security.

Accepting the questionable item meant that Bulgaria was still held back by its past, enabling high officials to continue their involvement in such schemes, Sokolov said as quoted by Focus news agency.

National Movement Simeon II (NMSII) representative Milen Velchev said that dossiers should be opened without exception.

Head of the interior security committee and Coalition for Bulgaria representative Mladen Chervenyakov said that item 32 should be kept.

Whenever information threatened national security, the life of people or relations with international organisations, the classified data could undergo editing before being made public, said Chervenyakov.