18 February 1993
Doc. 6778
1403-15/2/93-2-E
WRITTEN DECLARATION No. 226
on the current situation in Bulgaria
The undersigned, members of the Assembly,
1. Considering that the fundamental aim of the Council of Europe is to protect and promote democracy;
2. Noting that Bulgaria was admitted to the Council of Europe after rejecting the totalitarian communist regime and choosing the path of democracy;
3. Considering that this democratic development has been disrupted by the ousting from office of the Union of Democratic Forces and the coming to power of a government supported by the decisive vote of the socialist parliamentary group (former communists);
4. Expressing their concern at the possibility of a revision of some important laws promoting decommunisation, which might prevent the democratic processes that have been initiated from becoming irreversible;
5. Ask the Council of Europe and its representative bodies to follow closely the development of the young Bulgarian democracy, which gives some cause for concern.
Signed: Dimmer Eversdijk Pilarski
Gotzev Karcsay Vella
Mészaros Schädler Bonnici
Hörcsik Gassner Borg
Böhm Columberg Lentz-Cornette
Fischer Lopez Henares Spahia (special guest)
Schwimmer Probst A Petrač (special guest)
Strimitzer Lenzer Domljan (special guest)
Rubner Maass ________________________
Meyer zu Bentrup Rodriguez Gomez
Total = 28