site.btaSocialists Want Ad Hoc Committee to Establish Truth Surrounding Sofia's NDK Convention Centre

Socialists Want Ad Hoc Committee to Establish Truth Surrounding Sofia's NDK Convention Centre

Sofia, June 28 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will demand an ad hoc committee to establish the truth surrounding Sofia's NDK Convention Centre amidst the suspected corruption. BSP leader Kornelia Ninova said here in Parliament on Wednesday that her party is alerting the Prosecutor General to check what is going on there. The Socialists accused the incumbents in putting at risk the Bulgarian EU Presidency.

Minister of the Bulgarian EU Presidency in 2018 Liliyana Pavlova dismissed Executive Director of the NDK Convention Centre Miroslav Borshosh from the post on Monday over alleged systematic noncompliance with instructions from the NDK owner and with decisions by the NDK Board of Directors. The order further said that Borshosh's actions had put to question the sound financial management of the convention centre and jeopardized the ongoing refurbishment of the NDK building to make it suitable for the needs of the EU Presidency. Borshosh was reinstated to post the next day after a meeting was held by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the controversies surrounding the Convention Centre's management were cleared up.

Ninova noted that Deniza Slateva's decision not to be part of this Cabinet was right. Slateva was deputy prime minister in Ognian Gerdjikov's caretaker cabinet in charge of preparing the EU Presidency. Ninova described the Government's priorities related to this country's upcoming EU Presidency as being the replacement of tiles in front of NDK. She criticized Borissov for not coming to Parliament to discuss the most important tasks of the EU Presidency, and instead going to Brussels to sign its priorities there.