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The trial over the alleged embezzlement by the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party DPS, Ahmed Dogan, was scheduled for September 2. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court will rule on the case of alleged embezzlement by the leader of the ethnic Turkish party DPS, Ahmed Dogan, in September.
Three judges from the Supreme Administrative Court will rule at the trial, which will be open and which is scheduled for September 2.
Ahmed Dogan has been involved in large-scale political corruption schemes, has breached the conflict of interests provisions and has served private interests, says the report that the parliamentary commission for corruption fight and conflict of interests approved and sent to the supreme court.
The leader of the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), which was a member of the former three-way government, allegedly pocketed BGN 1,5 M as a consultant of four large-scale hydroelectricity projects, funded by the state - ‘Tsankov Kamak’, ‘Dospat’, ‘Gorna Arda’ and ‘Tundzha’ Dam.
The scandal erupted in May after a visit of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to the site of the hydroelectric power plant ‘Tsankov Kamak’, where he revealed that a huge hike in the initial price has been discovered.
The money for the hydro power plant "Tsankov Kamak", from where Dogan took the sky-high payment as an “expert”, were paid by the state-owned National Electricity Distribution Company, left in tatters after the ruling of the previous cabinet.
The new center-right government of Bulgaria was elected on an anti-corruption mandate last July and on the promise to bring to justice those involved in huge-scale corruption schemes.
The latest embezzlement allegations against Ahmed Dogan have been widely considered to be a litmus test for the government's willingness to do so in practice.
If found guilty, Dogan faces a fine from BGN 1000 to BGN 3000. The supreme court may also deprive him of the payment that he received as an expert.
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