Supreme Court Bars Ahmed Dogan’s DPS Coalition from Elections, Allows Peevski’s Faction

Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has dismissed the appeal from Ahmed Dogan's associates, who challenged the Central Election Commission’s (CEC) decision to bar the "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - DPS" (Dogan faction) coalition from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections. This ruling comes just a day after the court permitted Delyan Peevski’s "Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) - New Beginning" (Peevski faction) to take part in the vote.

The court clarified that the applications from the two coalitions were submitted at different times, and accepted that Peevski’s party registered electronically before Dogan’s representatives....