7 ▁years ▁in ▁j ail . ▁As ▁of ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁an ▁appeal ▁was ▁under ▁way . ▁ ▁Pro tests ▁continued ▁on ▁ 1 ▁October ▁in ▁Sof ia , ▁with ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Bulg ari ans ▁march ing ▁against ▁the ▁Roman i ▁and ▁what ▁they ▁viewed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁" imp unity ▁and ▁the ▁cor ruption " ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁el ite ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁Vol en ▁S ider ov , ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁far - right ▁At aka ▁party ▁and ▁president ial ▁candidate , ▁spoke ▁to ▁a ▁crowd ▁at ▁the ▁President ial ▁Palace ▁in ▁Sof ia , ▁calling ▁for ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁to ▁be ▁re inst ated ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Roman i ▁gh ett os ▁to ▁be ▁dis m ant led . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁organized ▁protest s ▁were ▁accompanied ▁by ▁eth nic ▁cl ash es ▁and ▁rac ist ▁violence ▁against ▁Roman i . ▁The ▁protest ers ▁shout ed ▁rac ist ▁s log ans ▁like ▁" G y ps ies ▁into ▁soap " ▁and ▁" S la ugh ter ▁the ▁Tur ks !" ▁Many ▁protest ers ▁were ▁arrested ▁for ▁public ▁order ▁off enses . ▁The ▁news ▁media ▁label led ▁the ▁protest s ▁as ▁anti - R oman i ▁P og rom s . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Bulgar ian ▁prime ▁minister ▁Bor is so v ▁referred ▁to ▁Roma ▁as ▁" bad ▁human ▁material ". ▁The ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁the ▁Party ▁of ▁European ▁Social ists ,