On October 5, Parliament rejected a proposal by Yordan Mirchev, National Movement for Stability and Progress (NMSP), to raise the highest blood alcohol limit from 1.2mg per 100 milliliters of blood to 1.5mg.

The proposal led to protests and speculations that it was motivated by the case against Maksim Staviiski. World champion figure skating Staviiski was involved in a car accident in August in which one person died and another ended up in coma, after which he was found to have a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 1.1mg per 100 milliliters.

Fines for drunk driving currently depend on BAC levels. With a BAC of more than 0.5 mg per 100 millilitres of blood, licenses will be suspended for up to six months. Driving licences will be suspended for one to 12 months and drivers fined 200 to 500 leva if their BAC exceeds 0.5mg per 100 milliliters of blood and up to 1.2mg per 100 millilitres of blood.

Mirchev said "the proposal to raise the highest limit from 1.2 to 1.5mg had been brought to the Council of Ministers with the signatures of Sergei Stanishev and Rumen Petkov on October 27 2006. This has nothing to do with the Staviiski case."

He requested the other part of his proposal, to confiscate the car of a drunk driver who has caused an accident, to be supported.

In voting, this too, was rejected.