Deputy leader of the ruling party in Bulgaria quits Parliament over property scandal. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, deputy leader of the ruling party in Bulgaria, quit the parliament in Sofia on 27 March after a media investigation revealed he had bought a luxury flat for a fraction of its normal price. The scandal, now referred to in the media as “ApartmentGate”, emerged as the result of an investigation by the newly created branch of Radio Free Europe in Sofia and the anti-graft watchdog Anti-corruption Fund. “I have nothing to be ashamed of,” Tsvetanov said, adding that he was only leaving the parliament in solidarity with the other GERB ministers who had “done nothing wrong, but took moral responsibility”.