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[3] More detail about democracy as a form of governance see Drumeva E., Constitutional Law, Sofia, Ciela, 2018, p 88-91, 247-248; Bliznashki G., Parliamentary Law, Sofia, UPH “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2015, p. 41-64; Barry B., Democracy, power and justice, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1989;Arat Z., Democracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries, London, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1991, p.15-32,
[9] Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Corruption and Anti-corruption Policy, Open Society Intitute/EU Accession Monitoring Program, 2002; Anticorruption policy of Bulgaria – review and recommendations, Sofia, Institute of market economy, 2016
[12] The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Additional Protocol to this Convention, the OECD Convention on combating bribery of foreign public officials in the framework of international business transactions, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption