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Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev has made it clear that the prosecution will not examine the allegations of Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov against Miroslava Todorova, a judge at the Sofia City Court and Chair of the Bulgarian Judges Association.
In a series of media appearances two weeks ago, Tsvetanov claimed that Todorova was incompetent in doing her job and was patronizing the mafia.
He argued that she had delayed the issuing of written motives for verdicts against high-profile criminals, including drug lord Vasil Manikatov.
Todorova countered the accusations by saying that the delay had not allowed anybody to evade justice because the offender had been behind bars during the period.
She further threatened to file a libel lawsuit against the Interior Minister.
Tsvetanov's accusations caused the indignation of three former BJA Chairs, who insisted that the Chief Prosecutor check the credibility of the Interior Minister's assertions.
They went on to inquire whether Tsvetanov had notified the prosecution if he was aware of any wrongdoing on the part of Miroslava Todorova.
Meanwhile, judges from the Penal Division of the Sofia City Court (SCC) came up with a statement in support of Todorova.
"We believe that by declaring our support for Judge Todorova we are backing the idea for a constructive change in the judiciary - a system created to function on the basis of impartiality and professionalism," SCC staff wrote.
"The prosecution checks facts and you are asking me to comment on statements. If the police have information about a crime, they submit it to the prosecuting authority. If this is all about evaluations, please stop bothering me about it," Velchev said on Thursday, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA).
Velchev further assured that if the problem at stake was within the competence of the prosecution, it would resolve it.
He admitted, however, that the Manikatov's case indicated a pronounced lack of coordination among prosecutors supervising different, yet related, proceedings.
The Chief Prosecutor told journalists that he had already issued guidelines to remedy the situation.
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