The cabinet has adopted amendments to the decree on the implementation of the state budget, with which it tries to cover up scandalous actions surrounding the acquisition of 1.6 billion BGN debts of “Toplofikatsia Sofia” to BEH and “Bulgargaz”. The changes were made through the decree by which the Treasury grants the Ministry of Energy the extraordinary amount for the acquisition of the debt. In the transitional and final texts of this document, amendments are also foreseen in other decrees that illuminate the violation of the rules.

The cabinet has changed a key text of the budget decree, which requires that before the acquisition of debt, the state must receive approval from the EC of the granted state aid or an opinion that there is none. In the new editions, there is no longer an explicit requirement, but it is written in general that this will be done in compliance with the legislation on state aid. In the decree on the implementation of the law on the state budget, the text obliging the Minister of Energy to prepare a notification on the order of state aid within two months and to provide information to the Ministry of Finance for the purpose of sending it to the EC has been completely canceled.

“These texts from the decree actually describe the legal order for state aid, and their cancellation does not mean that the law can be violated,” experts commented to “Sega”. Namely, the newly cut texts are the legal basis for the draft contracts that the Ministry of Energy will conclude with the two state companies for the acquisition of the debt – BEH and “Bulgargaz”.

The draft contracts are for assignment, they are extremely short and do not contain any other legal grounds beyond the possibility of acquiring the debt provided for in the law on the state budget and the decree on its implementation. At the same time, it remains an enigma on what basis it was judged that a state body – a ministry, other than the financial one, can directly acquire debt. “Usually this is done through state-owned companies. There is no case where a direct ministry has acquired debt in this way. In which part of its budget does this affect? ​​The assumption of this debt by a ministry, and not through a state-owned company, will unexpectedly inflate the deficit, because the operation will affect the ministry’s budget,” financiers commented to “Sega”. However, it is not clear what the final effect on the deficit is, because a series of parallel actions are being taken to transfer other receivables other than those of “Toplofikatsia Sofia”.

The forced donation of BGN 728 million from BEH to the Electricity System Security Fund also raises questions. The Law on Public Enterprises forbids the intervention of the state in the direct operational activity of the enterprises, other experts comment.

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2024-03-31 02:24:54


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Changes to the Law on the Ownership and Use of Agricultural Lands will legalize the cultivation of land without the consent of the owners. They will lead to tenants refusing to negotiate with the owners, but with an administrative act receiving their lands for use.

This violates the interests of agricultural land owners and is even a violation of the constitutional right to property.

Evgeniy Orashkov, chairman of the Association of Agricultural Land Owners, commented on this in the (O)position program. The occasion is the express adoption of changes to the Law on the ownership and use of agricultural lands by the National Assembly on Thursday. Within a week, the law was voted on in both the first and second readings.

“The way in which land is allocated for use in a plot of land at the beginning of each agricultural year is changing. Until now, the mode of concluding agreements for arrays of use was with 100% consent of the users – tenants and owners who cultivate their lands themselves. Now it is said that the agreement comes into force with the consent of 2/3 of the users. The problem is with the remaining 1/3 – these lands will be allocated for use administratively by the regional directorates of Agriculture, not by a lease or lease agreement between the owner and the farmer,” explained Orashkov.

According to him, the change serves large farmers. “They’ll like the most fertile land in the land and because they’re a 2/3 majority, they’ll want to farm that part of the land and displace all the other farmers,” he says.

Thus, in addition to the owners, the small tenants who are not part of the agreements for use within the same land will be harmed. They will be administratively relegated to working the most unproductive fields and will most likely go out of business.

More about the changes in the Law on the ownership and use of agricultural lands, see the video.

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2024-03-30 00:11:15


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