Bulgaria Former Top Investigator Backed to Get Back in Office
Politics | November 1, 2007, Thursday
Anelia Minguova (M) was one of the five members of the Supreme Judicial Council that nominated Boyko Rashkov for head of the National Investigation Service. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia Photo Agency)
The former head of the National Investigative Service (NIS) Boyko Rashkov has been nominated by five members of the Supreme Judicial Council to head the institution again.
Rashkov, former head of the investigative service and former Socialist MP, has been backed by Anelia Minguova, Plamen Stoilov, Petar Stoyanov, Galina Zaharova and Svetlana Danova.
Bulgaria's brand new Supreme Judicial Council launched two weeks ago election processes for chair of the country's Supreme Cassation Court and top investigator.
These are two of the important appointments that the body, which is in charge of the self-administration and organisation of the judiciary and is known as its government, has the task to make.
The country's national investigative service head Anguel Alexandrov quit in the summer in the wake of a corruption scandal probe after claiming to have been physically threatened by the former Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov, who was also swept out of office in the flap.
Boyko Naydenov, head of the corruption combat unit with the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office, is likely to succeed Alexandrov, according to reports.
The term of the current Supreme Cassation Court chairman Ivan Grigorov expires on November 20.
Lazar Gruev, judge at the Constitutional Court, is the only nomination so far to succeed Grigorov.
The Supreme Judicial Council inaugurated its new members from the parliamentary quota at the beginning of October, marred by a scandal and doubts over its legitimacy.
Rashkov, former head of the investigative service and former Socialist MP, has been backed by Anelia Minguova, Plamen Stoilov, Petar Stoyanov, Galina Zaharova and Svetlana Danova.
Bulgaria's brand new Supreme Judicial Council launched two weeks ago election processes for chair of the country's Supreme Cassation Court and top investigator.
These are two of the important appointments that the body, which is in charge of the self-administration and organisation of the judiciary and is known as its government, has the task to make.
The country's national investigative service head Anguel Alexandrov quit in the summer in the wake of a corruption scandal probe after claiming to have been physically threatened by the former Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov, who was also swept out of office in the flap.
Boyko Naydenov, head of the corruption combat unit with the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office, is likely to succeed Alexandrov, according to reports.
The term of the current Supreme Cassation Court chairman Ivan Grigorov expires on November 20.
Lazar Gruev, judge at the Constitutional Court, is the only nomination so far to succeed Grigorov.
The Supreme Judicial Council inaugurated its new members from the parliamentary quota at the beginning of October, marred by a scandal and doubts over its legitimacy.
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