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Sofia, Jul 11 ??(EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Vladislav Punchev) More than 11,500 polling stations in Bulgaria opened their doors on Sunday at 7:00 local time (4:00 GMT) for early legislative elections, the second in three months, for which some 6.7 million citizens are called.FOOTAGE OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER, KORNELIA NINOVA, VOTING.SOUNDBITES OF THE LEADER.Translation:Kornelia Ninova, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party:I have voted for change to continue, that this change be safe and irreversible. I have voted for a rule of law that will govern from official institutions and not from hidden circles. I have voted for educated children, for a nation of good health, for a stable economy, jobs, high incomes, and pensions. For clean air, land and water and for an independent and sovereign Bulgaria. This time a Government has to be formed because there are imminent decisions that are very important for Bulgaria, among them the approval of the State Budget and the Recovery and Sustainability Plan, reaction to the increase in prices ... For all this, a Parliament that functions in a regular government.
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