Petkov Sertov, former director of the National State Security Agency (DANS), is expected to be probed by prosecutors over missing classified reports on crime, together with former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev.
"There will be most probably two defendants in that case," Sofia City prosecutor Nikolay Kokinov announced on Wednesday.
The case will set a precedent in Bulgarian justice practice as this will be the first time that a former prime minister and head of the secret services face the court over the same charges.
The two will be probed on allegations that eight classified reports prepared by the national security agency, and two by the Interior Ministry, and submitted to former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, including reports on smuggling and corruption, are missing from the agency where they should have been returned.
Former Prime Minister Stanishev will also face charges of making public a top secret report of the State National Security Agency DANS incriminating state officials with violations.
The scandalous top security report leaked at the end of October and was announced by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who said he had received it from former secret service agent Alexey Petrov, an adviser to former DANS director Petko Sertov.
According to Borisov, the report, written a year ago, was labeled as the copy sent to the prime minister. How it ended up with Petrov is unclear.
The premier said his predecessor Stanishev obtained the document last year but did not return it to the relevant department at the council of ministers and the report disappeared after that.
Under security protocols, all copies of confidential reports are to be returned to the security agency. Borisov said he has ordered experts to first determine whether the report is genuine.
If so, this will put Borisov's predecessor, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, in direct violation of the law.
The new Prime Minister has urged prosecutors to charge his predecessor Sergei Stanishev and others for the leak of the report, saying it exposed the country’s inability to tame organized crime.
Author: Philippe, 4 Nov 2009 19:59:29
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Mr. Stanishev made such a mess disguising the corruption in his government. His own BSP, the turks, and the king's party. Better to take 2-3 sabathical years. Go to study statemanship in Oxford. Come back in full force.
Author: Al, 4 Nov 2009 20:05:33
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Philippe,
You state: "Go to study statemanship in Oxford. Come back in full force."
Sure.
The 21.6 million USD stoled by his father should be enough to sponsor that.
By the way, is anyone keeping an eye on Parvanov?
Just my two stotinki
Author: FIGMENT, 4 Nov 2009 20:09:57
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Al
Whose father are you referring to? Boyko's?
Author: FIGMENT, 4 Nov 2009 20:11:52
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Al
Nevermind....You are talking about Stanishev's father. The dirty thief! Why is he not in prison where he belongs?
Author: Al, 4 Nov 2009 20:16:04
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
FIGMENT,
No Dear, I am referring to Dimiter Stanishev, the father of Sergey Stanishev.
Old story, but a track still worth following according to my sources.
Sincerely Yours,
Al
Author: FIGMENT, 4 Nov 2009 22:15:59
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Al
It appears the entire Bulgarian government is made up of the sons and daughters of the old communist nomenclature. Talking about nepotism. There is no other country in the world doing this. Nicholas Sarkosi's son was nominated for something and the French population was so upset, he had to withdraw. In Bulgaria it is the opposite. Unless your father was a communist swine, you don't get into government. What a fcuked up idiotic little nation! Why anyone would choose to live there is beyond me.
Author: jingsmaboab, 6 Nov 2009 15:27:32
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Lots of info on Stanishev and his papa here. Fascinating reading!
http://www.novinite.com/elections2009/leaders.php?id=4
I particularly enjoyed these paragraphs:
"Sergey Stanishev's mother, Dina Stanisheva is still a Professor at the Slavic Studies Department of Sofia University. In her words, the political heritage and background of her husband created great difficulties for the young Sergey Stanishev at the beginning of the 1990s, and the only organization that was interested in employing him was the newly-reformed Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Sergey Stanishev graduated from today's 35th High School "Dobri Voynikov" in Sofia. In 1989, he completed his Bachelor's degree in history at the Moscow State University with outstanding grades. According to reports in the Bulgarian media, his senior thesis was entitled "The Role of the Uniform for the Combat Spirit of the Servicemen of the Red Army"."
Author: DrFaust, 6 Nov 2009 15:34:12
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
"In her words, the political heritage and background of her husband created great difficulties for the young Sergey Stanishev at the beginning of the 1990s, and the only organization that was interested in employing him was the newly-reformed Bulgarian Socialist Party."
Oh the poor man, he suffered so much! Seriously, who else than the BSP would hire a Soviet/Russian citizen and son of a Soviet spy with no qualification in the early 90s in Bulgaria? It was a mistake to grant him Bulgarian citizenship in 1996.
Author: FIGMENT, 6 Nov 2009 15:59:19
Bulgaria Ex Security Agency Head to Face Court over Leak Scandal
Fister
" Seriously, who else than the BSP would hire a Soviet/Russian citizen and son of a Soviet spy with no qualification in the early 90s in Bulgaria?"
Especially one whose PhD thesis was about the uniforms of the Red Army. hehehehe
What's your PhD in? The uniforms of the Taliban?
