Bulgaria's Axed Deputy Minister Bids Goodbye to Judiciary Job
Politics | May 16, 2007, Wednesday
Senior prosecutor Boris Velchev (L), pictured here with Konstantin Penchev, chair of the Supreme Administrative Court, during the meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council has refused to restore to his former job of investigator a deputy minister that was dismissed at the beginning of the month on suspicions of corruption.
Delyan Peevski was dismissed as deputy minister of disaster management amidst the large-scale corruption scandal that led to the suspension of Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov.
Under local legislation Peevski's post in the judicial system was not vacated after his appointment as deputy minister.
The 27-year-old Peevski was appointed deputy minister on the quota of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the peak of one of the most dashing careers on the local political scene.
Two deputy ministers in Bulgaria's government were dismissed while Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov was told to take leave.
Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev dismissed Deputy Economy Minister Kornelia Ninova and Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Delyan Peevski without spelling out his arguments or how they might be implicated in the alleged corruption scandal.
A week ago Bulgartabac head Hristo Lachev said that during a meeting with the head of the investigation service Anguel Alexandrov Peevski pointed out the man who should take the helm of Sofia tobacco company.
Alexandrov, who was also dismissed, has allegedly lobbied for deals with the State Reserve, which was headed by Peevski.
Delyan Peevski was dismissed as deputy minister of disaster management amidst the large-scale corruption scandal that led to the suspension of Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov.
Under local legislation Peevski's post in the judicial system was not vacated after his appointment as deputy minister.
The 27-year-old Peevski was appointed deputy minister on the quota of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the peak of one of the most dashing careers on the local political scene.
Two deputy ministers in Bulgaria's government were dismissed while Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov was told to take leave.
Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev dismissed Deputy Economy Minister Kornelia Ninova and Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Delyan Peevski without spelling out his arguments or how they might be implicated in the alleged corruption scandal.
A week ago Bulgartabac head Hristo Lachev said that during a meeting with the head of the investigation service Anguel Alexandrov Peevski pointed out the man who should take the helm of Sofia tobacco company.
Alexandrov, who was also dismissed, has allegedly lobbied for deals with the State Reserve, which was headed by Peevski.
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