Međutim, njegov prijedlog naišao je na kritike opozicione Bugarske socijalističke partije i njenog bivšeg manjeg koalicionog partnera, Pokreta za prava i slobode, kao i nekih bugarskih advokata i grupa za ljudska prava.
But his proposal has been met with criticism by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and its former junior coalition partner, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, as well as by some Bulgarian lawyers and human rights group.