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.
I pored tih garancija, na stotine radnika Bulgartabaka protestovali su ubrzo pošto je saopšteno da je dogovor postignut početkom septembra, tvrdeći da je konkurs za prodaju Bulgartabaka bio namešten u korist BT Investa, koji je bio jedini preostali kandidat.