Bulgaria: No Green Certificate for the Deputies in the National Assembly

The quarantined deputies will participate in the activities of the National Assembly remotely. The proposal of a group of representatives from "We Continue the Change" was adopted by 155 votes in favor.

Remote participation is carried out through an internet platform for video conferencing. MPs under quarantine or isolation are registered to participate in the sitting by displaying a special screen in the plenary hall. If they wish to vote, speak, reply, the deputies submit an application on the platform.

GERB wanted the introduction of a green certificate of entry into Parliament to be added to the text. However, their proposal, which led to a three-day debate, was not accepted after a vote and re-vote.

Friday's sitting of the National Assembly, instead of parliamentary control, began with a consideration of the point that scolded deputies during the past two sittings - how will quarantined MPs work and whether the green certificate should serve as an entrance permit to Parliament.

Parliamentary control was listed as the second item on the agenda. Ministers Georgi Panayotov, Stoycho Katsarov, Violeta Komitova, Daniela Vezieva and Andrey Zhivkov will answer questions from MPs.

"In a war, the one who knows and foresees the enemy better, wins. Vaccines train our immunity to anticipate and know the enemy. The certificate in our country has already been introduced for a large group of citizens, including children who go to school. The reasons are expert, medical and include the fact that vaccines reduce by 60% the risk of spreading the infection, by 70% hospitalization and by 90% - deaths," said Prof. Alexander Simidchiev, who read a statement on behalf of the parliamentary group of "Democratic Bulgaria".

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