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The Constitutional Court filed a lawsuit at the request of fifty-nine GERB-UDF MPs

The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) is a Bulgarian right-wing political party, the successor to establishing the unconstitutionality of the provisions of the Decision of the National Assembly (NA) to take action by the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) to support the republican road network, adopted on 20.04.2022, became known from a message published on the court's website.

With this decision, BGN 600 million were given to the road construction companies for payment under contracts for activities carried out last year.

The rapporteur on the case is Judge Atanas Semov.

BBC "Roads" called on the deputies not to damage the prestige of the industry

The deputies insist before the court that the decision of the National Assembly be declared completely unconstitutional.

It is related to the RIA to pay 50 percent of its obligations under contracts for the maintenance of national roads from its budget for 2022. According to the decision, the remaining 50 percent must be made after a decision of the National Assembly, based on a report prepared by the interdepartmental working group for establishing the implemented activities and opinion of the parliamentary Committee on Regional Policy, Public Works and Local Self-Government.

According to MPs, the decision of the National Assembly violates the principle of the right to protection of citizens, the principle of independence of the judiciary and the principle of control over the acts and actions of administrative bodies by the independent judiciary.

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Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA)