The executive director of Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund Assen Drumev has been questioned in connection to trial against his deputy Krassimir Nedelchev.
Nedelchev was accused of taking a bribe of BGN 357,000 (about EUR 128,000) and malfeasance in office. His chief Assen Drumev was questioned on Thursday, it appeared. The Prosecutor's Office is about to demand more papers from the fund to continue the investigation.
Last week the Appeals Court refused to confirm the sacking of the deputy chief of Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund thus opening the way to him stepping back in office. The Appeals Court confirmed the ruling of a lower court, which did not approve prosecutors' demands for removing Nedelchev from the deputy chair in the State Agriculture Fund over charges of taking hefty bribes.
In response, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil said he would not let the former deputy to come back to work, despite the court ruling.