The head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria cited the wave of resignations in the government as a good sign of tackling high-level corruption, but said it was not enough.

Michael Humphreys made the statement during a debate on the progress report on the state of justice, corruption and organised crime in Bulgaria and Romania that the European Commission issued on June 27. The debate was organized by Transparency International Bulgaria and the European Institute.

"It is not our job to say that this and that guy should go to jail or expect twenty-five verdicts, but for the time being that is not enough," Humphreys said.

He pointed out that Bulgaria has a long way to go in fighting low-level corruption, as in the issue of licenses or documents.

A wave of resignations came in the past month shortly after the country's centre-left government was shaken by a high-profile corruption scandal.

At the beginning of June Prime Minister and Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev parted with Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov and Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov.

Right before that PM Sergey Stanishev dismissed deputy ministers Korneliya Ninova and Delyan Peevski over the scandal that erupted between the country's state tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac CEO and the head of he national investigative service.

Bulgaria's Deputy Justice Minister Ana Karaivanova and Deputy Culture Minister Ina Kileva handed their resignations to the country's prime minister at the beginning of July.

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