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Former Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov has described his dismissal as an instance of "lawlessness" and has repeatedly argued he was pressured into stepping down.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev earlier this week signed a decree dismissing Kostov, who had been appointed in 2015 under the previous government.
Caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov, interim Interior Minister Plamen Uzunov and other officials had accused him of making political appointments through his influence on the ministry.
Kostov, however, told private broadcaster NOVA on Saturday he had not been entitled to dismissing or appointing anyone while in office as he had been barred to do so by the law.
A chief secretary is in charge of running the Interior Ministry, Bulgaria's biggest employer with tens of thousands of police and plainclothes staff, on a daily basis and oversees all of its activities, reporting directly to the minister in charge.
He or she has substantial responsibility during police operations, in case of crisis and disaster response, and during elections.
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In response to the accusations that there was pressure for the dismissal of the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry Georgi Kostov, interim Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov admitted that he did “ask” him to tender in his resignation but adamantly deni
There is an objective reason for the dismissal of Georgi Kostov from the post of Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry.
The interim Minister of Interior Plamen Uzunov has been questioned in relation to the signal submitted by the former Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry Georgi Kostov that political pressure was put on him.
The Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry Georgi Kostov who was dismissed on Wednesday has accused the interim PM Ognyan Gerdzhikov and the Interior Minister Plamen Uzunov of putting pressure on him.
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