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Captain of Official Bulgarian Government Aircraft Resigns
Society | June 12, 2013, Wednesday // 14:46
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Captain Pencho Penchev has resigned from the position of director of Bulgaria's Government Flight Crew 28, the state air service that flies government officials.
Penchev has not specified his motives for the move.
Bulgarian PM Plamen Oresharski later confirmed he has accepted the resignation.
In recent weeks, the topic of the alleged excessive use of Flight Crew 28 during the term in office of former Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov resurfaced.
In some cases that surfaced since Borisov assumed office in July 2009, the crew had apparently been used for private appointments of members of cabinet and MPs.
Captain Pencho Penchev was appointed at the helm of Flight Crew 28 in the end of 2009.
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