Bulgaria MEP Kalfin: Jeleva Lied, Failed Miserably during EP Hearing

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | January 12, 2010, Tuesday // 21:00
Bulgaria: Bulgaria MEP Kalfin: Jeleva Lied, Failed Miserably during EP Hearing Bulgaria's MEP Ivaylo Kalfin said Rumiana Jeleva did really badly during her EP hearing. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian Socialist MEP and former Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin has declared that the country's EU Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva had done really badly during her EP hearing Tuesday night.

Speaking on the Bulgarian National Radio, Kalfin said Jeleva not only failed to disprove the conflict of interest allegations made regarding her participation in a private company called Global Consult while she was an MEP in 2007-2009, but that she also failed to demonstrate any competence in her portfolio - that of humanitarian aid and crisis prevention.

"I don’t feel like commenting. It was shameful. Jeleva did not do well, she spoke in bad English, and did not give good answers. She told outright lies about the conflict of interests issue," Kalfin stated.

"I am very sorry as a Bulgarian that we saw all this happen and that we saw such a weak Bulgarian bidder," the Socialist MEP declared.

In his words, the most likely option, which will also be best for Bulgaria now, would be if the coordinators of the party groups in the EP Development Committee decided to give Jeleva some additional time to clear out all suspicions.

Kalfin did not rule out the possibility of the EP recommending that Barroso made changes in the proposed new European Commission.

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