Despite this, hundreds of Bulgartabac workers staged several protests shortly after the deal was announced in early September, arguing the competition for Bulgartabac's sale was manipulated in favour of BT Invest, which was the only remaining candidate.
Unatoč tome, stotine zaposlenika Bulgartabaca prosvjedovalo je ubrzo nakon što je priopćeno da je dogovor postignut početkom rujna, tvrdeći da je natječaj za prodaju Bulgartabaca bio namješten u korist BT Investa, koji je bio jedini preostali kandidat.