The Center for the Study of Democracy, a Coalition member, has worked to strengthen a proposed anti-corruption law that includes provisions for citizens to report misconduct. The Center is a member of a consultative council run by Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, who has spoken in favor of citizens’ rights to report corruption.

Adopted by the Cabinet in March 2016, the law would unite four government institutions into a single anti-corruption agency whose duties would include protecting whistleblowers. The law cleared the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee in May but was held up in the Anti-Corruption Committee.

If passed, the Center and the Coalition will monitor the new provisions and track whistleblower cases to help ensure the law is properly enforced.

Hope for a comprehensive whistleblower protection law in Bulgaria remains. A 2014 government study said such a law is one option that should be considered.