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« We continue the change » wants a new competition for chief architect of Sofia

« We continue the change » wants a new competition for chief architect of Sofia


« We continue the change » considers it necessary to hold a new competition for the chief architect of Sofia, in which additional guarantees for professional integrity and management experience of the candidates are introduced, it is understood by a message to the media. Only Arch. Bogdana Panayotova passed successfully his last stagethat is, she will probably take the post. On Friday (April 4), a 7-day period is running, in which all 8 candidates who have participated in the competition, which are not ranked first, can object to the appointment authority.
They also insist on the competition from Save Sofia, who declared him a player, with a clear winner. And days ago, Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev said that By April 8th will think whether to cancel the chief architect competition, but specified that the competition was honest and public.

The last holder of the post – Zdravko Zdravkov, resigned at the end of July and has been a temporary chief architect since then. First it was Bogdana Panayotova, and from January 29 – the second temporary Stefan Asparuhov.

In our message, « we continue the change » motivate their request with suspected economic dependencies on public procurement, as well as « participation in projects with high corruption risk, » the statement said. « As a manager of CN Arch. Arch. Bogdana Panayotova, he carried out construction supervision of dams from the scheme, in which they were utilized 500 million levs. « Hemusgate, » we continue the change in the message.

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From there, they also write that as a temporary acting chief architect in 2024, arch. Bogdana Panayotova has undergone controversial projects, including on the territory of the Blue Lion, the former Electronics plant and the Balkanton building. This happened against the backdrop of an inexplicable delay in other undeniable files and projects, according to a position from « Continuing Change ».

The party insists on organized a new competition With improved criteria including:

  • minimum 5 years of management experience in a management position
  • Inimal 10 years of professional experience as an architect
  • A thorough verification of a conflict of interest
  • anti -corruption indicators and check of reputation
  • a completely transparent evaluation procedure



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