2024-08-19 19:42:22
In a quiet 10-minute meeting, Gorica Kozhareva reported to the chief prosecutor Borislav Sarafov about pressure exerted on her by whoever is the interior minister. She did not name specific names and indicated that there were no threats. However, people called her on the phone and advised her to choose another minister, not Kalin Stoyanov. She announced this pressure to the media around 12.40pm on Monday in front of the presidency.
From there he went to the Courthouse and entered through the central entrance to the Attorney General’s office. Journalists photographed her. So they decided that she would come out again and give details. However, it turned out that she stayed a little – even less than 10 minutes, with accuser number 1. After that, it was judged that the report was within the competence of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office, so Kozhareva submitted it to a member of the institution’s management. And left through a back entrance without giving details. So the media was left with only her words from earlier.
I have no worries about myself and my health, she said at noon. There was a certain pressure on who should and who should not be a minister. This is not a threat, but an intervention, she pointed out, but without expressing definiteness. Rather, he answered “Yes” and “No” to the journalists’ questions. He only mentioned that politicians wanted Kalin Stoyanov not to be a minister. It was not clear which party or institution they were from, despite media inquiries. And the official announcement of the state prosecution, which came after 6 p.m., also did not answer these questions. “The signal contains data related to the election of official ministers, which Gorica Grancharova-Kozhareva carried out in the period from August 9 to 19, 2024,” reads its text.
Kozhareva herself previously emphasized that she decided on Stoyanov after numerous meetings with the chiefs of the police, border guards, and firefighters. Everyone said that they could count on this minister 24/7, and in previous offices, not only could they not reach deputies, but they also called them “Petrichki” and “Sandan”, for example. He reduced migration pressure by 75%, under him we entered Schengen, although only by air and water.
As an expert auditor, she looked at the results of the Ministry of the Interior, and that’s why she focused on Stoyanov. “I am not giving up on the cabinet I presented. I expected the president not to violate the constitution”, Kozhareva said, thus indirectly accusing Radev of violating the basic law.