Bulgaria takes step toward backing constitutional changes

As tension grows in Sofia between anti-government protesters and police, the ruling GERB party, the nationalist IMRO party and the Volya party announced they had mustered enough votes – 120 out of 240 – to file a new draft of the constitution and convene a “Grand National Assembly” to fully implement it. [ . . . ] The draft document, announced by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov as a “restart” for the country, has drawn criticism and also fueled tensions within the cabinet, since IMRO insisted on having its own demands written into the plan – such as mandatory voting for people who have studied up to the age of 16 and mandatory army service.
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