MPs from the ruling Progressive Bulgaria (PB) party have proposed sweeping amendments to Bulgaria's Personal Assistance Act that would change how personal assistants for people with disabilities are employed, paid and insured, prompting strong criticism from opposition parties and protests among workers. The draft legislation, submitted by PB MPs including Maria Todorova and Krasimir Papazov and published on Parliament's website on Tuesday evening, was introduced without prior public consultation. It would alter a social program on which nearly 80,000 people with disabilities currently depend, while affecting the income and labor rights of tens of thousands of people who care for them. ...