TENS of thousands of Bulgarians have rallied across the country, in the latest sign that the government's resignation last month has failed to calm public anger about poverty and corruption.
In the capital Sofia metal fences and a heavy police presence prevented protesters from reaching an official flag-raising ceremony for national liberation day commemorating the end of Ottoman occupation in 1878.
But about 7000 demonstrators, according to AFP estimates, blocked traffic on several key boulevards for hours on Sunday, waving white-green-and-red Bulgarian flags and shouting "Mafia!"
Local media said more than 20,000 gathered in the Black Sea city of Varna, where the initial protests against high electricity bills started last month, calling for the resignation of mayor Kiril Yordanov.
Smaller protests were held in about a dozen other cities, gathering between several hundred and several thousand people, reports said.
In Sofia, protesters carried slogans that read "Anarchy against organised crime and the monopolies!", "The mobsters in jail!" and "People against the mafia".
Lawyer Ivan Hristov, who raised a "Power to the people" slogan as the rally passed by the parliament buildings, told AFP that protesters wanted more say in how the country was run.
"We will rally outside parliament on Wednesday to demand changes to the elections code to give civil groups the same rights as those enjoyed by political parties," he said.
Bulgaria has been rocked for three weeks by sometimes violent demonstrations over high electricity prices, deepening poverty, cronyism and corruption in the European Union's poorest member state.
The rallies forced the surprise resignation on February 20 of tough-guy Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's government five months before his term was due to expire, clearing the way for early elections on May 12.
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