Sofia cops are setting up security checkpoints ahead of another budget protest, with the police chief saying they got intel about potential troublemakers planning to start problems. Officers will screen people who caused issues at previous demonstrations, and they want protest organizers to help spot anyone gearing up for illegal moves.
The department basically told city officials to shut everything down if things get messy, saying peaceful demonstrators are fine, but aggressive types destroying government property or attacking officers will get bounced immediately. Mass demonstrations blew up recently over proposed insurance hikes and dividend taxes in the spending plan, pulling thousands of people to the government district before leadership claimed they would scrap the whole thing and then walked that back to just pausing the approval process.
The department basically told city officials to shut everything down if things get messy, saying peaceful demonstrators are fine, but aggressive types destroying government property or attacking officers will get bounced immediately. Mass demonstrations blew up recently over proposed insurance hikes and dividend taxes in the spending plan, pulling thousands of people to the government district before leadership claimed they would scrap the whole thing and then walked that back to just pausing the approval process.
