Bulgarians Rise in Protest against Genetically Modified Crops

Several hundred Bulgarians protested against the allowing of genetically modified organisms by the country’s legislation.

The protest before the National Library building was organized by the “For the Nature” coalition and an “initiative committee of citizens and parents.”

“We Don’t Want GMO”, “Bulgaria Free of GMO”, and “We Are the Real Environment Ministry , shouted the several hundred protesters which included a number of mothers with very young kids as representatives of parents’ organizations. “I am not sure whether the decision to adopt the GMO Act is the result of incompetence on part of the Environment Ministry who might have decided to harmonize Bulgaria’s legislation with that of the EU by liberalizing everything,” said lawyer Svilen Ovcharov from the “Green Advocates” association.

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