The National Assembly endorsed the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of Volen Siderov, leader of the nationalist party Ataka. The same holds good for his colleague from the same party Dessislav Chukolov. On October 12 the two stirred a scandal in front of a small tobacco and alcohol shop in downtown Sofia. Later, on October 25 Siderov scandalously burst into the building of the National Theater and Cinema Academy. The lifting of the immunity was demanded on the part of Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov in order to initiate penal proceedings against the two MPs.