The prosecution questioned Geshev, Tsatsarov and Borisov and did not see a crime in the recordings with a voice like that of the Prime Minister – Bulgaria

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The specialized prosecutor’s office questioned several people, including chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev, his predecessor and current head of the anti-corruption commission, Sotir Tsatsarov, and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, and said that he had refused to process the leaked audio recordings. to that of Prime Minister Borissov.

The investigation began based on the signals of the former Minister of Justice Hristo Ivanov and, at the end of the working day, the prosecution issued a statement in which it indicated that the pre-trial process had been denied because the supervising prosecutor had not established evidence enough of a crime.

The purpose of the inspection was to clarify the circumstances of the content of the conversations in order to establish whether there were indications of a crime, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.

More about audio recordings – read here

Furthermore, Blagoevgrad Deputy District Prosecutor Vessela Stoilova, Blagoevgrad Prosecutor Biliana Galabova and Maria Filipova, appointed by Vasil Bozhkov, were questioned about the audio recordings. “the girl with the valuable instructions” – Chairman of the State Gambling Commission since February 8, 2018, currently Vice Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission, which is supposedly close to Goranov.

(Who is Maria Filipova – read here)

“Numerous documents and information have been requested from various organizations and institutions. An expert technical report has been designated to establish the actual content of the audio recording, which establishes an identity between the content of the recording and the conversation reproduced on the signal” said the Prosecutor’s Office.

From there they report that there was no conversation mentioned in the signs – between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the Prime Ministers of Bavaria, Poland and Hungary in the presence of Vladislav Goranov, Sotir Tsatsarov and Ivan Geshev.

No evidence of Borissov’s pressure on Eurohold

Regarding Borissov’s alleged interference in the activities of the State Financial Inspection Agency and the Financial Supervision Commission with regard to the company Eurohold Bulgaria AD and the illegal actions of these bodies towards the company, no data on influence has been established or impact. in a representative of the two institutions.

“Otherwise, I will inflate the fact that I put the FSC in ‘Eurohold’ to blur his face, which does not meet me.” – this is a line that is heard from the recording and is pronounced with a “voice like Borisov’s”.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, contrary to what was expressed in the recording and in the signal, it was established that PFIA did not conduct a financial inspection of Eurohold Bulgaria AD for the period from 2018 to August 2020

In April 2019, FSC inspected Eurohold Bulgaria AD to verify compliance with the Public Offering of Securities Law and other regulations on its implementation.

The purpose of the audit was to analyze the financial situation of the company in relation to the express intention to acquire the assets of CEZ Distribution Bulgaria AD and CEZ Electro Bulgaria AD.

The issue of the transaction requires establishing whether Eurohold Bulgaria AD has the necessary financial resources not only to pay the transaction price, but also to maintain an adequate infrastructure in the electricity supply sector in the Republic of Bulgaria, said the office of the fiscal.

The Prime Minister also did not influence the investigation against Manolev

The specialized prosecutor’s office points out that the Prime Minister has not established any influence in the criminal proceedings against former Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev.

Last year, the police, prosecutors and the anti-corruption commission launched an investigation into the misuse of European funds to build guest houses. Then former Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev resigned and a lawsuit was filed against him on charges of misuse and falsification of documents to obtain European aid. The case is not over yet.

“The data collected shows that the supervising prosecutors complied with their obligations under the Criminal Procedure Code and made decisions according to their internal conviction, based on the evidence in the case, without having any influence in this regard,” they said. the prosecution.

More about the investigation against Alexander Manolev and the case of the boarding houses – read here

Borisov did not order them to control Elena Yoncheva

The prosecution also announced that the file established that there was no evidence of an order from Boyko Borissov, in his capacity as Prime Minister, to conduct an inspection of Elena Yoncheva and related persons in relation to the absorption of EU Funds in the framework of operational programs.

“As for the inspections carried out by the State Fund” Agriculture “and other competent authorities, these were regulated in accordance with the legal powers of the inspectors, without evidence of initiative or intervention of other officials,” added the Prosecutor’s Office.“Manolev will be burned, he will be charged today, tomorrow and we will ruin him. I warned him. I will burn everything to burn Elena Yoncheva. I will not spare one of us,” said the man, who is said to be Borisov. Read more about the recording here.

In July, MEP Elena Yoncheva announced that the recording was authentic. He referred to an analysis by a US laboratory, which confirmed that there were no traces of editing in the file.

Insults to Karayancheva are not a widespread crime

With regard to the allegations in the comment signal addressed to the President of the National Assembly, no data has been established for a general crime, said the Prosecutor’s Office. In other words, obscene words against Tsveta Karayancheva are not a crime that the prosecution can investigate. For the crimes of libel and defamation, there are private cases, that is, those who have felt insulted or slandered must claim their own rights before the courts.

After analyzing the collected materials, the supervising prosecutor concluded that there was a lack of sufficient data on which a reasonable assumption of a general corpus delicti could be made. Therefore, he issued a decree in which he refused to initiate a pre-trial process.

In summary, it should be noted that “as stated in the decree of the Special Prosecutor’s Office”, The prosecution must monitor compliance with the law. and bring to justice those who have committed crimes of a general nature. Civil liability, disciplinary liability and any other type of liability is exercised under different conditions. This has nothing to do with the criminal process, criminal repression and is carried out by other subjects, and not by the organs of the Judicial Power and by order of the Criminal Procedure Code, “added the prosecution.

The co-president of “Democratic Bulgaria”, Hristo Ivanov, told “Dnevnik” that they will seek a way to appeal the refusal to initiate a pre-trial process. He asked the prosecution to post all work-related material on the signal and that it is not known from the announcement whether an expert opinion has been issued as to whether this is the voice of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

A little later, he came out with a post on Facebook.

What do we remember from the records?

The recordings, in a voice reminiscent of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s, were leaked to the public in June. The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office announced at the beginning of August that it was investigating whether it was illegal wiretapping. It was clear from the GSP statement that prosecutors had focused their attention in this direction and not in answering the question of whether the records contained data on any crime. If the records were tampered with, it is not yet publicly known what conclusion the prosecutor’s office reached in this inspection. However, so far no one has denied the authenticity of the records.

The first recording was released in mid-June and showed a man with a voice similar to Borisov’s having a telephone conversation with an unknown caller. Offensive and obscene words were directed at the Speaker of Parliament, Tsveta Karayancheva, and current issues were discussed, including preliminary information on the charges in the case of the guest houses, as well as the inspection of the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) against the insurance holding company Eurohold. “.

Two or two more recordings followed in late June, in which a voice similar to Borisov’s was heard, but again the interlocutor in the conversation was not heard. In one, the registrar addresses a man named “Valentin Vasilievich” and asks him to explain whether he supports “Cornela and Radev”. This address matches the first two names of the former director general of Lukoil Bulgaria Valentin Vassilev Zlatev, who in the meantime was summoned for questioning at the Special Prosecutor’s Office, but never revealed the motive.

In the other recording, the man with a voice similar to Borisov’s commented on President Rumen Radev, stressing that “we have to make fun of him, he has to look ridiculous.” This was followed by a confession from Tomislav Donchev that some of the leaked recordings were of authentic Borisov conversations.

At the end of July the last recording was announced, in which a voice similar to Borisov’s was heard again calling for a man named Tomislav. The two commented on President Radev, and the first man noted that “the mind is throbbing, Tomislav, in an intelligent man,” after which he uses obscene language.

More about audio recordings – read here
“I’ll smear his face,” are you having fun with the recording, which is said to be with Borisov? Read here
“I am impeccably honest” – admitted Borisov – here