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The election of the new Council is considered key for Bulgaria in the aftermath of several large-scale scandals in which the current one was entangled and strong EU criticism. File photo
A total of 11 members of Bulgaria's new Supreme Judicial Council from the parliamentary quota will be elected on Wednesday.
All 17 candidates were heard and questioned in Parliament on September 11.
So far, six judges, four prosecutors and one investigator have been elected as Supreme Judicial Council members by their respective professional quotas.
The election of the new Supreme Judicial Council is considered key for Bulgaria in the aftermath of several large-scale scandals in which the current one was entangled and the latest EC report on Bulgaria's five-year progress under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), highlighting the misguided policies of the Council, the inconsistent application of the principle of independence of the judiciary and the implementation of reforms under external pressure.
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