Corruption anger may yield new leadership as Bulgaria votes

Voters are going to the polls in Bulgaria for the second time in three months this weekend after no party secured enough support in an April parliamentary election to form a government

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Voters will go to the polls in Bulgaria for the second time in three months this weekend after no party secured enough support in an April parliamentary election to form a government. Former three-time Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s GERB party performed best in the inconclusive election, but it received only 26% of the vote. Public discontent over widespread reduced the party's popularity from four years earlier, when it had 33% of the vote. The latest opinion polls indicate that support for GERB has dropped further since an interim government Bulgaria's president installed in May opened investigations into alleged corruption during Borissov's time as prime minister. Polls suggest a neck-to-neck race between Borissov’s party and its main rival, the anti-elite There is Such a People, which is led by popular TV entertainer Slavi Trifonov.