Protesters gesture as they shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration in front of the government building in Sofia June 14, 2013. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's prime minister pledged on Monday to seek wide public support in picking a new head of state security after street protests forced the two-week old Socialist-led government to ditch its original candidate.
Thousands of Bulgarians rallied to demand the government's resignation after it named a powerful media figure to the highly sensitive post without debate, a move critics said showed the lack of transparency in the European Union's poorest country.
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