site.btaMaya Manolova Describes Elections as Referendum on "For" or "Against" War

According to Maya Manolova, leader of the Rise Up Bulgaria party, Sunday's elections are a kind of referendum on "for" or "against" the war. "As a woman, a mother and a former ombudsman, I voted for a peaceful Bulgaria, which is my cause," Manolova said, casting her ballot in Sofia.

She urged: "My friends, you are voting for your children and your homes today. You should be aware of the stakes. I ask you to go to the polls and vote for a just government that takes care of the people, not the elites, a government which will cut your bills and raise your incomes and pensions. Do not believe the paid sociologists, it is all up to you, not them! Vote!"