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Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To avoid legal uncertainty in establishing results of the presidential election, the law should clearly stipulate the manner of calculating the voter turnout. The law should also specify which voters are eligible to vote in a potential run-off.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Additional incentives should be considered to enhance electoral participation and conditions for women standing as candidates. Parties could introduce internal mechanisms for increasing the number of women candidates and placing women in higher positions on candidate lists.
Recommendation # in final report:
17
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
In line with international good practice, consideration could be given to require the contestants to report their expenditures and the amount of parties’ contributions to the campaign prior to election day.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To ensure effective oversight of campaign finances, the National Audit Office should have the mandate and be equipped with sufficient financial and human resources to pro-actively monitor campaign finances of electoral contestants, identify unreported income and expenditures and impose timely dissuasive and effective sanctions.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To enhance pluralism in the private media, the law should be amended to require transparent and non-discriminatory allocation of state advertising and subsidies, based on clear and objective criteria and administered by an independent body.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Media
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To foster the independence of the public service media and media regulator, a sustainable funding model with adequate resources to meet their public service remit should be considered.
Recommendation # in final report:
21
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Media
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To ensure high quality journalism and independent reporting, consideration could be given to limiting the principle of strict airtime equality only to free airtime and enabling the public service media to exercise editorial freedom in its news and current affairs programmes.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Media
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Citizens belonging to minorities should be allowed to use their mother tongue during the election campaign and promote its use in civil and political affairs. Consideration should also be given by the Central Election Commission and candidates to providing voters with information and other election material in minority languages.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Participation of Minorities
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
The relevant authorities should consider conducting longer-term election-awareness campaigns among Roma communities to encourage meaningful and inclusive political participation. Political parties could consider adopting internal policies for promotion of minority representatives within the party leadership and as candidates and include issues of minority interests in their campaign programmes and activities.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Participation of Minorities
Bulgaria
2021
Early election
EAM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To guarantee effective redress, penalties on those who violate election legislation should be imposed in a timely manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
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