Published on 12 December 2022
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 42286/21
Georgi Todorov TINGAROV and Others
against Bulgaria
lodged on 10 August 2021
communicated on 22 November 2022
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns a complaint about a breach of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention as a result of the impossibility for the applicants to vote in two legislative elections for Bulgarian Parliament, held respectively on 4 April 2021 and 11 July 2021, because they were convicted prisoners effectively serving their sentences at the time the elections were held.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a breach of the applicants’ right under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention to vote in free elections which ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of legislature (see, among others, Kulinski and Sabev v. Bulgaria, no. 63849/09, §§ 10–22, 21 July 2016 and, also, Anchugov and Gladkov v. Russia, nos. 11157/04 and 15162/05, 4 July 2013 and Resolution CM/ResDH(2019)240 in respect of related developments), as regards the elections for Bulgarian Parliament held respectively on 4 April 2021 and 11 July 2021?
APPENDIX
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Georgi Todorov TINGAROV
1981
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
2.
Nikola Ivanov DOBREVSKI
1966
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
3.
Iliyan Georgiev DOYCHEV
1992
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
4.
Lazar Elkov ILIEV
1999
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
5.
Anton Lozanov KMETSKI
1985
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
6.
Ivaylo Georgiev MURDZHEV
1979
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
7.
Georgi Petrov RUDOV
1964
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik
8.
Ivo Plamenov STOYANOV
1978
Bulgarian
Pazardzhik