The rulingBulgarian Agrarian National Union(BANU) sought to prosecute members of the cabinets of the governments led byIvan Geshov,Stoyan DanevandAleksandar Malinovmotivated by the dissatisfaction of large parts of the populace with the outcome of theBalkan WarsandWorld War IforBulgaria.After the wars, BANU and other opposition forces and intellectuals classified Bulgaria's territorial losesduring 1913and 1918 as national catastrophes — called in Bulgaria the First and Second national catastrophes, respectively. These terms were frequently used in Bulgaria during theInterwar period.On 24 September 1922 17 of the 22 ministers were arrested, and a law on prosecution was published on 17 October.[1]
