2024-04-11 00:16:45
I would not like to give grades. This case is still in its infancy. From now on, we can’t judge who is right and who is not telling the truth. The story is extremely unpleasant – this is another story that in 3 months we will have forgotten, because by then 15 more scandals will have happened. These cases come to light when elections are approaching. This is what former Deputy Minister of Justice Emil Dechev said regarding the scandals and arrests at the “Customs” Agency on BTV.
The head of the Criminal Board of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC), Lada Paunova, ordered the case file, which was created following a report by the former Prime Minister Academician Nikolay Denkov about pressure exerted on Zhivko Kotsev, to be handed over for examination under the competence of Daniela Taleva – prosecutor for the investigation of crimes. carried out by the Prosecutor General or his deputy.
The Minister of Justice cannot interfere in the work of Mrs. Taleva, Emil Dechev also said. Regarding the new Minister of Justice, Maria Pavlova, he stated that it makes no sense to remain as part of her team.
Even when I was in the government of Kiril Petkov, deputy minister of Nadezhda Yordanova, we were developing the mechanism for the investigation of the chief prosecutor, which would be carried out by an independent prosecutor – a judge who would be temporarily appointed as a prosecutor, Maria Pavlova was against it at the time – she believed , that this is not a suitable mechanism. She does not want any serious changes in the prosecutor’s office. Dechev also expressed such opinions in the working group that prepared the Law on the Judiciary. And he added that the Minister of Justice is a rather special figure. The only minister mentioned in the constitution. It has a special function – it can request disciplinary proceedings against judges and prosecutors, request the early release of the big three in the judicial system. Is it possible that the deputy of the i.f. chief prosecutor to request disciplinary proceedings against him for certain actions, asked Dechev.