Bulgaria Right-Wingers Accuse Prosecutors of Vested Interests
Politics | November 1, 2007, Thursday
Ivan Kostov, leader of Bulgaria's opposition rightists and former prime minister, turned upon the ruling coalition again, saying they are served by the prosecutor's office. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Ivan Kostov, leader of Bulgaria's die-hard rightists and former prime minister, has accused the prosecutor's office of serving the interests of the ruling coalition.
"The annual report of the prosecutor's office does not even mention any of the plot murders, nor the four cases against Interior Minister Rumen Petkov, which have been suspended for no clear reason," Kostov, head of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, said during the debates of the report.
According to him the report is drowned in statistical data and gives no indication of the expected turnabout in the work of the prosecutor's office.
Interestingly, the ruling Socialists' most outspoken member Tatyana Doncheva stood by the opinion of Ivan Kostov, saying such statements were not without grounds.
Doncheva pointed out as an example the case against former fire-brigade head Gen. Kiril Voynov, who was accused of malfeasance in office over the alleged misuse of office mobile phones.
"Prosecutors should find the golden section between PR events and reality, even though I know for sure there are ministers who take reality for a PR event," she added.
"The annual report of the prosecutor's office does not even mention any of the plot murders, nor the four cases against Interior Minister Rumen Petkov, which have been suspended for no clear reason," Kostov, head of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, said during the debates of the report.
According to him the report is drowned in statistical data and gives no indication of the expected turnabout in the work of the prosecutor's office.
Interestingly, the ruling Socialists' most outspoken member Tatyana Doncheva stood by the opinion of Ivan Kostov, saying such statements were not without grounds.
Doncheva pointed out as an example the case against former fire-brigade head Gen. Kiril Voynov, who was accused of malfeasance in office over the alleged misuse of office mobile phones.
"Prosecutors should find the golden section between PR events and reality, even though I know for sure there are ministers who take reality for a PR event," she added.
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