MEPs Condemn 'Perverse' Extension of Bulgarian Opposition Mayor’s Detention
balkaninsight.com
Court decision prolonging detention of opposition Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev sparks protests from, among others, MEPs – who described it as a worrying example of 'institutional perversion'.

Other than the case of Blagomir Kotsev, detailed in the article, there are tens of mayors switching parties to save themselves.

Another famous case was the one of district mayor Desislava Ivancheva. However, she was independent, and the political machine of the opposition did not bother to move in her case.

Convince me that they don’t share the blame…