GERB offers SANS chief Plamen Tonchev as chairman of the Dossier Committee
GERB nominated the chairman of the State Agency « National Security » Plamen Tonchev as chairman of the Commission In the files, a diary learned from sources in parliament. The written proposal has not yet been uploaded to the website of the National Assembly. The Parliament’s press center said of Dnevnik that all the names of all candidates and documents would be uploaded on the day on which the nomination period expires (May 14 to 6pm -White. aut.).
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Who is Plamen Tonchev
Following the appointment of Tonchev, no biographical reference was distributed for him, only knowing that For many years, he led the territorial Directorate of SANS in Vratsa and then worked in Kyustendil.
| In 2021, the leader of Movement 21 Tatyana Doncheva criticized the rocade and said: « You cannot drive a dancer from Kyustendil to make it the head of national security because there is no way to jump over steps, especially in this activity. » |
According to data in various media, Plamen Tonchev is a former staff of the Directorate General for Combating Organized Crime (DGBOP) in the Ministry of Interior. He was the head of the antimafiots in Vratsa before heading the local SANS structure in 2009. Subsequently, according to information from Free Europe, Tonchev was moved to the same position in Kyustendil. Tonchev was awarded at the end of 2008 by the then Interior Minister Mikhail Mikov for the discovery and detention of an organized criminal group for trafficking in prostitutes and drugs in a police operation in Vratsa, Mezdra and Roman.
According to BNR information as the director of the territorial unit of SANS in Vratsa, Tonchev has contributed to the neutralization and removal of 110 tonnes of sulfur from the site of the Himko enterprise, the capture of 50 tonnes of toner cassettes from Italy in Vratsa, as well as the opening of dangerous substances on the site of the former factory « »
Former Prime Minister Nikolai on November 3, 2023 Denkov requested Tonchev’s resignation Due to the attack on the machine vote, which made it only paper newsletters in the first round of local elections. Then The President refused to sign a decree on the release of Plamen Tonchev and Nikolay Denkov, that
| He wants to subjugate the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and use it to suppress social protests, as well as to edit the information she received in favor of the government. |
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Calls to close the Dossier Committee
This thesis also defended the Renaissance MPs during the week, according to which the Commission is no longer needed. Toma Bykov of GERB from the parliamentary rostrum stated that In recent years, the Committee has done the job, but has called for to be transformed into an institute, which means that it will not only inform but be involved in analysis and research. Only Martin Dimitrov of « We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria » said that the body plays a significant role because people need to know whom they vote for and what kind of people are appointed to senior state positions.
