The National Assembly has hosted the creation of National Committee to carry on the organization and coordination of the celebrations of the 135th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria. The commemoration of the event will be held under the patronage of the President of the National Assembly, Mrs Tsetska Tsacheva.

MP, Prof. Andrey Pantev was elected to chair the committee. Members of the committee are MPs from all parliamentary groups, representatives of state institutions and the academic community, of public and civic organizations.

The President of the National Assembly, Tsetska Tsacheva, announced the planned initiatives for the commemoration, which include the carrying out of an International Conference, the drawing up of special for the event commemorative plaques and awards, as well as a solemn concert to be held on the eve of March 3rd 2013 at the National Palace of Culture. A monument of General Gourko will be erected in the capital Sofia and inaugurated on March 2, 2013. Delegations from Russia, Finland, Ukraine, Belarus, Rumania, Serbia and other countries who had contributed to the liberation of Bulgaria will be invited to attend the celebrations. 

There is also a proposal for the event to be marked by the European Parliament through a special exhibition. The chair of the Initiative committee, Prof. Andrey Pantev, underscored that the liberation of Bulgaria had been an event of European importance. In his view the Initiative committee should put the stress of the commemorations on several directions. First to explain the event as a realization of the European ideals of the 19th century, to draw attention on the importance of the revolution carried out in Bulgaria and to pay respect towards Russia and all those who left their bones at the battle fields.  

The Deputy Mayor of Sofia municipality, Todor Chobanov, has noted that the reconstruction of the monument of the Tzar Liberator will be completed before term and ready for the celebrations dedicated to the liberation. Descendants of General Gourko, who liberated the city of Sofia, will be invited for the inauguration of his monument.