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Parliament hearing of Ministry of Interior heads about football fans' protest

Minister Stoyanov
Photo: BGNES

At an extraordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Internal Security and Public Order today, Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov, the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, the directors of the "National Police", "Gendarmerie" and others will be heard. This was announced on Facebook by the chairman of the committee, Desislava Atanasova (GERB-SDS).

The hearing was provoked by the actions of the police during the protest against the management of the Bulgarian Football Union on November 16, 2023



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