site.btaDemocratic Bulgaria Proposes Fuel-Price Measures

Democratic Bulgaria is proposing 11 fuel-market measures to keep prices as low as possible and preserve competition, MP Martin Dimitrov said in Parliament on Thursday.

Dimitrov explained that among them were fuel-saving measures, including incentives for urban, intercity and rail transport, as well as encouraging remote work to save transport costs. It is proposed that the National Revenue Agency (NRA) continue checks on petrol stations for unjustified price increases, while petrol stations would have to submit every fuel price change to the Consumer Protection Commission.

“We also want the Ministry of Energy’s intention to compensate non-household consumers to be completed. This will not work with general talk, but with specific measures. I hope Rumen Radev and his people say what they will do on the fuel market,” Dimitrov said.

“This is how we expected the National Assembly sitting to begin on Thursday, with the majority coming out and presenting a plan. Instead of a plan, it began with a false start and lecturing the opposition,” Yes, Bulgaria co-Chair Ivaylo Mirchev, whose party is part of Democratic Bulgaria, said.

“What worries the majority most is the symbolic removal of the security details assigned to [GERB leader Boyko] Borissov and [MRF Chair Delyan] Peevski. Many people voted for the removal of this model. Progressive Bulgaria is the political force that has built up this trust, and our expectation is that it shows it can deliver results,” Mirchev added.

“We are the opposition,” Mirchev said when asked how Democratic Bulgaria would vote on Rumen Radev’s cabinet. The Bulgarian people gave firm support to Progressive Bulgaria and it has the right to nominate its own government, while Democratic Bulgaria has no right to take part in it and, as the opposition, will vote against it, he said.