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Miroslav Naydenov (pictured) he was baffled by the fact Harizanov received a bill of indictment 11 years after the alleged crime. Photo by BGNES
The Board of Directors of Bulgaria's state-owned Irrigation Systems will choose a new Chair on Tuesday after Georgi Harizanov was temporarily removed due to a criminal investigation against him.
Harizanov is accused of embezzling USD 50 000 from a Sofia-based company back in 2001.
"Since this situation would create further tension within Irrigation Systems, we met with the Prime Minister and Harizanov himself proposed to be removed. Harizanov told me that he passed a lie detector test in 2001," Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov told bTV early on Tuesday.
Naydenov added he was baffled by the fact Harizanov received a bill of indictment 11 years after the alleged crime. He refused having known anything about the 2001 case.
On Friday, it emerged that the embattled official has not completed a bachelor's degree and is currently a student, which prompted Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov to defend him, saying "May Harizanov have Bill gates' fate."
The Irrigation Systems company gained media prominence due to the debates surrounding the ownership of dams in Bulgaria.
The issue surfaced after a dam wall collapsed on February 06, causing a deadly flood in the southern Bulgarian village of Biser.
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Caretaker Economy Minister Kiril Petkov told reporters on Monday he would seek an explanation from the State Consolidation Company (SCC) why three dams were still not in operation six months after repairs.
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Due to heavy rainfall, the operational unit at the Ministry of Environment and Water will monitor the state of the dams in the country.
858 dams in the country are in a need of repair, of which for emergency repair are at least half.
We currently have found that 131 dams can be classified as hazardous, Minister of the Economy Emil Karanikolov told BNT breakfast programme "The Day Begins" on 29th of March.
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