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The Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the decision of the National Assembly (NA) to take action by the Road Infrastructure Agency (API) to carry out the activities to maintain the republican road network, adopted on April 20 this year, the court announced.

The decision was adopted unanimously.

The case was opened at the beginning of May at the request of people's representatives from GERB-SDS

The Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) is a Bulgarian right-wing political party, the successor of.

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

It is related to the API paying 50 percent of its obligations under contracts for the maintenance of republican roads from its budget for 2022. According to the decision, the remaining 50 percent should be carried out after a decision of the National Assembly, based on a report prepared by the interdepartmental working group group to establish the activities performed and the opinion of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Policy, Public Works and Local Self-Government.

According to the people's representatives, the decision of the National Assembly in question violates the principle of the right to protection of citizens, the principle of judicial independence and the principle of control over the acts and actions of administrative bodies by the independent judiciary.

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After the case was initiated, GERB-SDS

The Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) is a Bulgarian right-wing political party, the successor to a briefing at which Radomir Cholakov commented that the decision of the National Assembly was "an infinitely sad testimony to the sad state of legal preparation" of the deputies who voted for the decision, notes BTA.

More than two weeks since this decision was made, there has been no road maintenance, nor has the payment to the companies started, added his colleague Nikolay Nankov. 

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