A demonstration against the health pass took place on Wednesday in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The far right gathered its activists in the center of the city on Wednesday morning. Four police officers were injured and demonstrators were arrested.
With our correspondent in Sofia, Damian vodenitcharov
A stampede, a crowd rushing towards the main entrance of the Parliament and an attempt to break through the security system … This is how the demonstration of the Nationalist Renaissance party began.
Several hundred Bulgarians came to Parliament, like Hristo Parov, to say no at the sanitary pass. “The health pass and the measures against the Covid make us outlaws. But yet, if you think about it, the fact that I don’t have a pass does not mean that I am no longer able to use public transport for example. It is outright discrimination. It’s to force us to accept these substances, which are not vaccines », He proclaims.
The protesters wanted to hand over a list of demands to elected officials, but they were refused. ” The President of Parliament, who is supposedly sick with Covid, will only be able to receive us after the end of his isolation and to talk about our requests! », Announces the organizer of the rally in a megaphone.
This protest takes place as Bulgaria is hit hard by the Omicron wave. 7,000 new cases were identified on January 11, a record since the start of the pandemic.