Hristo Dinev has been elected by Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council as the new administrative director of the Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office.

A total of 13 Supreme Judicial Council members voted for Dinev, while only one endorsed his opponent, Ivan Petrov. Ten of the ballots were invalid.

The vote was preceded by an hour-long debate.

The appointment of an administrative director of the Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office is the second important vote for Supreme Judicial Council for the past two weeks after it elected a Chair of the Plovdiv District Court last week.

Thursday’s vote was considered important because the Sofia regional prosecuting authority is the second biggest in the country.

The main problems experienced by the employees of the Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office are the insufficient work space, the huge workload, and the fact that the prosecutors attend sittings in five different buildings.

According to statistics, prosecutors at the Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office deal with twice the workload of the other prosecuting authorities in the country.

The Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office was headed by Alexander Nalbantov until end-January 2013, when the 39-year old prosecutor died after prolonged illness.

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