If severe breaches are established during the Bulgarian Parliament elections to be held on Sunday, the country may lose the accreditation of the Bulgarian delegation to the Council of Europe, local press reported Saturday.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) delegation to Bulgaria led by Tadeusz Iwinski arrived in Bulgaria Friday and will stay here till Monday to observe the parliamentary elections.

Iwinski said that the elections on Sunday will be observed by 12 PACE members.

The Bulgarian parliament has not invited the PACE delegation on high level talks, which has been noted as complete absence of cooperation between the two sides, he said.

This is the first time in his 18-year professional experience in which a PACE delegation has not met with any representative of the parliament.

In the very last moment, an invitation from the Deputy Chair of the General Assembly Yunal Lyutfi was received. However, there was eventually no meeting as the parliament was dissolved.

"We would not like to fight with the Bulgarian parliament. Despite the lack of invitation, PACE decided to send a delegation. Traditionally, we only send a delegation after the parliament invites us," Iwinski said.

The question of vote trading is the most intriguing one for the PACE representatives.

If only are there evidences that elections in a given country were not fair and free, this might lead to the loss of accreditation for PACE, Iwinski said.

The PACE report will be presented in September, Iwinski added.

Source: Xinhua