Georgi Georgiev: The situation with Teodora Georgieva is extremely worrying for Bulgaria
The Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev described the situation with the Bulgarian prosecutor at the European Prosecutor’s Office Teodora Georgieva as an extremely worrying for Bulgaria and the fact that she was temporarily removed from office while an administrative inspection was underway. In response to a question of Nadezhda Yordanova from « We continue the change-democratic Bulgaria » during his hearing at the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Georgiev explained that in September the procedure in Bulgaria for the election of a new prosecutor to work with Kovishi should begin, as Georgieva’s mandate is 6 years old and expires.
« The task of Bulgaria is to nominate and select three proposals for Bulgarian European prosecutor and to submit them in alphabetical order without ranking them, after which the specialized committee to the Council of Ministers to decide which of them to choose. This is the order for all the events, and we have a deadline. weeks, « Georgiev explained.
« There is an ongoing check by the European Prosecutor’s Office with respect to their colleague who is underway and which I, as Minister of Justice, would not be able to comment. It will be done so that the procedure for selecting the next one will be transparent and publicly for others. »
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He said that from now on, the competent authorities for the specific case are in terms of the administrative procedure and the removal of Theodora Georgieva, which is « extremely disturbing for Bulgaria at all, that the Bulgarian European Prosecutor is in such a situation » and with regard to other inspections.
« In the preparation for the new procedure due to the expiration of the term, which is a fact unrelated to the scandal, we take attention. I pay attention to all that Member States cannot and as a rule do not rank the nominees, and this happens within the EC, the ministers, etc. there are extremely strict rules and the national jurisdictions are not right.
He acknowledged that the ministry was flooded with reports of various schemes used by the property mafia, which requires law enforcement authorities to do their job and apply the maximum rigor of the law. Such a commitment was also made by the Attorney General, said Minister Georgiev.
According to him, a working group will look at the schemes of the property mafia and what legislative changes are needed. The Minister also commented on the Ordinance on the payment of legal aid in connection with the remuneration, saying that the work on the draft amendment was completed, but the problem is not normative but financial. Georgiev said that a lawyer cannot be expected to call for a victim of domestic violence in the middle of the night, to take the case for BGN 30 and to rely on quality legal work.
The minister added that the Legal Aid Fund is BGN 10 million and is being worked on to update the remuneration, talk with the Bar. Georgiev explained that it was envisaged that after the adoption of the ordinance, it would start acting with a delayed action while providing funds for the increase.
