“Bulgarian Deputies Pass Mechanism for Investigating Chief Prosecutor in First Reading”

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The deputies accepted the mechanism for the investigation of the chief prosecutor in the first reading, only “Vazrazhdane” voted “abstain”.

“There was a huge majority for the first reading of this bill, there was a will to go quickly, which is justified because it has been discussed many times. There is a will to get to the end with an issue that has been hanging around our neck for 15 years,” commented the official justice Minister Krum Zarkov in the studio of “Supportive People”.

In his words, the prosecutor general’s investigative mechanism has become a symbol of whether he has the courage to ask uncomfortable questions.

“I hope we will get to the end. Something similar is observed in the SJC – the members did not pronounce on this issue for a long time, now they are referred by virtue of their own internal rules with many types of requests – 6 members of the Prosecutor’s College want the early release of the main prosecutor, he – the resignation of his deputy, his deputy – that of the chief prosecutor and his deputy. All questions are there on the table and the SJC will have to rule,” Zarkov summarized the whirlwind at the top of the prosecutor’s office.

Through Bulgaria ON AIR he called for everything to be done not through records, but through competent authorities, in which each of them can tell each other what they have, “with respect for the positions they occupy”.

“It’s not about recordings, it’s about evidence to be collected according to the order of the Criminal Procedure Code, it’s not about accusations in the media, but in court, not to fight in TV studios, but to clear up the matter in the SJC,” he added. the Acting Minister of Justice.

For him, the “war” in the prosecutor’s office is not surprising, nor the claims that it is being used as a “political club”.

According to the Acting Minister of Justice, the situation in the prosecutor’s office was fully expected and he hopes that action will follow.

“The words already spoken contained within them an accusation of committing a crime, of trading in influence, of obstructing justice, of coercion of extortion. How many years, how many records, how many scandals, and yet the most terrible thing that can to happen, is nothing to happen,” says Minister Zarkov.

He added that as the Minister of Justice, he will not allow the truth about the explosion against Ivan Geshev’s motorcade not to be discovered.

Watch the entire conversation in the video.