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Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria's Ataka party. File photo, BGNES
Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has asked Parliament to allow that two nationalist MPs be detained over their actions a Sofia higher education institution on Friday.
Volen Siderov, who heads nationalist Ataka party, broke into the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts (NATFA) in downtown Sofia on October 24, disrupting evening classes of students and insulting them.
Prosecutors, who also back that version, allege he hit one of the students who was taking video footage of his actions by using her phone.
Siderov was accompanied by MP Desislav Chukolov, who also took part in a previous incident in the same street, in front of a liquor store.
However, the latest developments follow yet another episode starring Siderov, who rushed into NATFA's building late on Sunday evening, hours after local elections and a national referendum had taken place in Bulgaria.
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The access to classified information of the chairman of Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property(CCCCIAP) Sotir Tsatsarov was taken away. This was confirmed to BNT by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.
Volen Siderov has been declared for a nationwide search, the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office announced.
The newly elected Attorney General Ivan Geshev was solemnly sworn in, officially taking up his new post.
President Rumen Radev has issued a decree allowing Sotir Tsatsarov to leave office, the press secretary of the head of state announced.
Ivan Geshev is likely to step in as chief prosecutor on December 18.
On December 11, MPs voted to approve the outgoing Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov as the new head of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
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