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Ivan Geshev proposes that the prosecutor’s office, the Ministry of Interior and the State Agency for National Security again have a common unit for the elections


Ivan Geshev


Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev proposes to the caretaker Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov and the chairman of SANS Dimitar Georgiev that there be an interdepartmental unit in the July 11 elections. Its creation aims to improve interaction and coordination between institutions with a view to the lawful conduct of elections, Geshev said.

In order to ensure fair and transparent elections, today, 19.05.2021, the Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev sent a letter to the Minister of Interior Mr. Boyko Rashkov and the Chairman of SANS Mr. Dimitar Georgiev, proposing to them to The established good practice for the establishment of a National Interdepartmental Unit in connection with the forthcoming elections for the National Assembly on July 11, 2021 continued.

The establishment of such a unit before all national elections aims to improve the interaction and coordination between the institutions with a view to the lawful conduct of the elections. The work of this structure has shown over the years lasting good results and practices that are entirely in the interest of Bulgarian citizens. Its scope is from the day of the opening of the election campaign to 30 days after the announcement of the official election results by the CEC.

Thanks to the good coordination and exchange of information between the institutions in the elections held on April 4, 2021, a number of actions were taken to prevent crimes against the political rights of citizens. In the course of the joint work, evidence was gathered about the activity of organized criminal groups, created for the purpose of buying votes for a certain candidate, political party or coalition, for which accusations were raised, the prosecutor’s office noted.

For the first time, at the request of the prosecutor’s office under the Law on Measures against Money Laundering, seizures in the amount of over BGN 425,000 were imposed, and during searches and seizures, funds in various currencies amounting to over 383 were seized. BGN 000, thus over BGN 800 000 were not included in the attempts for “election trade”. The public was shown the revealed schemes by which the participants in the organized criminal groups bought votes in favor of certain political parties.

On the eve of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, it is important for all Bulgarian citizens to ensure the fairness and transparency of the electoral process. In this regard, the competent institutions, according to their legal powers, should make every effort to protect the political rights of Bulgarian citizens.

The management of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria considers that only with the joint efforts of all law enforcement and law enforcement institutions within their functional competence can the results expected by the Bulgarian society be achieved.

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