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Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has been questioned by the prosecution three times. “If necessary, we will call you 20 times,” the chief prosecutor said during a hearing before members of the parliamentary legal commission, in which Geshev presented the state prosecutor’s report from January to October.
Geshev’s answers to the deputies’ questions gave the impression that Borissov was questioned in three different cases: the photos and video with the box office, the case of Barcelona and the recording, which is supposed to be the voice of the prime minister.
“3 different cases, 2 different prosecutors with 3 or more supervising prosecutors, respectively investigators. The Prime Minister received explanations. I don’t know why in two months this made the news again, they obviously forgot. In the other two from the Minister. The president he has also received explanations. We have nothing to worry about. “
According to the prosecutor №1, it is “something related to corruption, photos, etc.”.
It was also clear that the first inspection of the photos and video was carried out by the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office. The second inspection of the audio recording was assigned to the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The third investigation into Barcelonagate is also being carried out by the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
In practice, Geshev did not respond to any questions in a specific public interest case. “I have not received permission from the supervising prosecutor,” he said, berating lawmakers for not asking questions ahead of time to prepare. The Attorney General also cites the Constitutional Court ruling that parliament cannot question him in certain cases.
“The prosecution complies with the law as it is. I see that we are in a pre-electoral situation, but I do not participate in this field. We do not make lists of politicians,” Geshev declared.
Therefore, he responded to a question from BSP MP Krisiy Vigenin on whether the prosecution will remove the lists of politicians in the “Corporate Commercial Bank” affair. The existence of such lists was announced by Geshev’s predecessor, Sotir Tsatsarov.
The head of the state prosecutor explained that there was a supervising prosecutor in the case and that he did not interfere with his work. He also said that an indictment of 1,800 pages had been filed and printed in 20 copies. Something that is not done in other countries. “We did an analysis and presented it to LIBE in English. It says that in most public interest cases people from the ruling party have been brought to justice in most cases. I see that we are in a pre-electoral situation, we are not going to participate. “Geshev said.
On the subject of the critical report of the European Commission, the Attorney General explained that over the years a view on the Attorney General and his functions has been built. “There is a myth. I have no problem participating in all discussions, but this must be judged by the Bulgarian state. The prosecution complies with the law as it is,” he explained.
“I’m not worried about the control of the Attorney General’s Office. I am not concerned with the request for my removal. My job is senior administrative management, and includes general guidelines, law enforcement and purely administrative work. “Every real statesman. The real problem is that the Penal Code is from the time of Dr. Todor Zhivkov,” Geshev said.
When asked how far the cases of privatization of the transition had reached, the prosecutor №1 replied that an analysis has been received from the State Agency for National Security. “When we are ready, we will present the relevant analyzes. It is up to parliament to do whatever is necessary to abolish the statute of limitations. The violations are different and large. We will say within a reasonable time if there are violations in which senior officials are related to the privatization. The volume is enormous: more than 6,000 agreements without municipal privatization. “
The attorney general expressed his respect for the Interior Ministry officials during the protests. “They did a perfect job in a pandemic. No police in Europe will tolerate so much fighting. But if someone breaks the rules, they will be held criminally responsible,” he said when asked about police violence against protesters. The PSA has carried out 5 inspections.
Geshev did not respond directly to the request for resignation from the Supreme Council of Lawyers. But he expressed disapproval of the fact that over the years only accused, lawyers, but not prosecutors have appeared in BNT and the media. No one asked why the defendants commented on the pre-trial proceedings from abroad, why they lied. Over the years, the prosecution was said to be a secret organization. The prosecution provided information without violating the presumption of innocence, with the permission of the supervising prosecutor. Apparently they don’t want this to be known. “
On several occasions, the chief prosecutor mentioned the allegations against Vasil Bozhkov without naming him by name. “Obviously someone doesn’t want to say how many artifacts are registered. I don’t like it,” he added. And he was outraged by the fact that the state had been harmed by such defendants.
