President Rosen Plevneliev called on all Bulgarians to vote in the forthcoming referendum on the introduction of remote electronic voting, which is scheduled to take place on October 25.

In an interview for private NOVA TV on Wednesday, Plevneliev reminded that he has championed the holding of such referendum in the past three years.

The Bulgarian president added that the status quo has strongly resisted the holding of such referendum and noted that in the past 25 years no one has dared to ask the citizens on the election rules.

Overall, the referendum has been largely absent in the past 130 years of Bulgarian history.

In his words, the referendum will make the election rules more sustainable and he was firm that the people should be allowed to express their opinion on issues of importance.

He dismissed claims that the electronic voting will oust the traditional one and will make voting more susceptible to manipulation.

According to him electronic voting will complement the traditional one and will not allow for manipulation.

The referendum will be held simultaneously with the local elections, with both Bulgarians residing in the country and abroad able to vote in it.