Bulgaria: DPS Factions Clash Over Election Registration, CEC Delays Process

The registration of parties for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, on October 27, was delayed for two and a half hours as the Central Election Commission (CEC) held an extraordinary meeting. The delay stemmed from a dispute between two factions within the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) — one aligned with Ahmed Dogan and the other with Delyan Peevski — over who should register first.

The internal conflict within the DPS regarding who would be the first to submit their registration lasted throughout the night....