Ultimatums cannot be issued from non-professionals when it comes to a police investigation, according to Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

The Minister spoke Wednesday in an interview for the morning show of the TV channel TV7, commenting on the statement of right-wing leader, Ivan Kostov that the executive power in Bulgaria has 24 hours to reveal the names of the people responsible for the two Tuesday morning blasts in Sofia.

Two explosions shook the offices of Bulgarian parties on Tuesday, inflicting damage on neighboring buildings. The first blast went off at 3:58 a.m. in front of the headquarters of the conservative Order, Law and Justice Party, RZS, in downtown Sofia.

About twenty minutes later another explosion ripped off the air in front of an office of the party of former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov, Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, which is a part of the right-wing parliamentary Blue Coalition.

Tsvetanov labeled the, what he called "tiny explosions," an attempt to revive both RZS and DSB and to return to politics, reiterating they were the work of the same people.

At the beginning of the interview, the host explained it had been scheduled before the blasts. He voiced the opinion the life of RZS leader, Yane Yanev, is in danger, saying if a well-known politician or journalist is murdered, the public hysteria would become uncontrollable.

Regarding former employee of the Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (DANS) and controversial businessman, Aleksei Petrov, who was arrested is the highly-publicized special operation "Octopus" on February 10, 2010, with 13 other individuals, charged with various high-profile crimes and later released from jail, the Minister said the problem in this case were the lawyers, who used ticks to drag the trial on, and witness intimidation since Petrov still has huge influence over a large number of people.

On Tuesday, Tsvetanov stated that the two explosions were very similar to the one that took place February in front of the anti-government tabloid Galeria weekly.

The newspaper is widely believed to be Petrov's mouthpiece while he is also considered to be both Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov's archenemy and closely linked to RZS.

Right before the blast, Galeria had published transcripts of taped phone conversations between senior government officials and Customs Office chief Vanyo Tanov, which prompted Borisov to seek and win a confidence vote in Parliament on January 20.

At the time, there were rumors the owners of Galeria might have ordered the blast themselves in an effort to discredit the government.

In the aftermath of the latest explosions, Petrov said they were a clear sign Borisov is desperate to save his decreasing ratings.

In the Wednesday interview, Tsvetanov stressed political parties from the transition period have provided cover-up for criminals in order to benefit themselves from organized crime activities, saying all this made him very inconvenient for many.

"Everything we do is with the goal to protect the public and to work with our EU and NATO partners. I am certain it will be appreciated one day," the Minister said.

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