Atanaska Disheva: It dies out of the enthusiasm to select a new panel of the Supreme Judicial Council
« The initial enthusiasm demonstrated at the National Assembly to accept rules for the election of new members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), it is not even spoken on the topic, » Atanaska Disheva, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), commented on the day with Veselin Dremdzhiev.
On January 16, the SJC plenum temporarily stopped the procedure for the election of a new Attorney General on the day he had to hear the concept of the only candidate Borislav Sarafov. In the meantime, Parliament has voted hard to amend the Judiciary Act, which were adopted at the last moment and according to which a restriction is being introduced, the Judicial Council, whose election members have expired, be able to elect one of the « three big » in the judiciary. In addition to suspending the procedure for the election of a new Attorney General within 6 months, the National Assembly should select its representatives in the new SJC to fill the so -called. parliamentary quota
Parliament’s inaction to select a Supreme Judicial Council is a violation of the Constitution
« The 6-month period is in a very advanced phase. Procedures had to be opened, both from the National Assembly and from the SJC for the parliamentary and professional quota. At the moment, these 6 months are stretching over time. It seems to be independent by the end of September to replace the SJC.
