MRF Leader, Top-of-List Candidate to Be Fined for Canvassing in Turkish Sofia, October 16 (BTA) - The Central Election Commission (CEC) Wednesday decided to authorize its chairperson to draw up written statements ascertaining administrative violations committed by Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Chairman Lyutvi Mestan and the MRF leading candidate in the Bourgas Constituency, Hyusein Hafuzov. The decision was published on the CEC website. The CEC was approached by a number of alerts from members of the public and ascertained that in violation of Article 181 (2) of the Election Code, Mestan and Hafuzov conducted the election campaign in a language other than Bulgarian. The Commission found that such violations were committed in the Vurbovka Village near Pavlikeni on September 16, the Dolni Voden Village near Plovdiv on September 23, and the Podkova Village near Kurdjali on September 29. The administrative sanction is a fine ranging from 200 to 2,000 leva.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:52:22 +0000
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