Daniel Mitov Ready for Foreign Minister Role Amid Geopolitical Test in Bulgaria
Daniel Mitov, Deputy Chairman of GERB, has expressed his readiness to assume the position of Acting Foreign Minister
A temporary inquiry parliamentary committee will probe now former President, Georgi Parvanov, and his Deputy, Angel Marin, in granting pardons to felons and Bulgarian citizenship between 2002 and 2012.
105 Members of the Parliament voted for; 46 against, and 1 abstained.
From those for – 86 are from the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, 8 from the right-wing Blue Coalition and 1 from the far-right, nationalist Ataka.
The majority of those against were MPs from the opposition, left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP.
The committee will have 13 members – 6 from GERB, 2 from BSP, 2 from the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, 1 from the Blue Coalition and 1 independent.
According to current Justice Minister, Diana Kovacheva, during both of Marins' terms in office the decrees had not been signed by the Justice Minister as required.
This is just the next in a series of blunders committed by the administration of former President, Parvanov, after it emerged the latter failed to issue a decree for Marin's second term appointment, which was confirmed on February 7 in an official letter sent by the new administration of President, Rosen Plevneliev.
During his two terms as VP, Marin had pardoned 533 felons, some convicted for grave crimes such as murder and rape.
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I feel no moral guilt towards anyone. This was stated by Kiril Petkov, answering a question whether he would apologize to the Bulgarian people for violating the Constitution.
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The Ministry of Finance has revised its autumn forecast for economic development.
Bulgarian police arrested a Russian citizen and two Lithuanians on suspicion of exporting “sensitive information” from the Arsenal military plant in Kazanlak.
The government has changed its order requiring state-owned companies to pay a dividend to the budget.
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