Print - Stanishev Blasts Bulgarian President's Call for New Voting Rules - Novinite.com Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has strongly criticized the amendments to the country's election code proposed by President Rosen Plevneliev. But Stanishev believes the President's sole purpose is to serve the interests of the opposition. "It is clear what this initiative aims to achieve - prevent us from passing a new election code," Stanishev, who is also president of the Party of European Socialists, told reporters on Thursday. Stanishev further accused Plevneliev of having been elected after "manipulations and ballot-rigging."