site.btaEuropean Parliament Refuses to Waive Elena Yoncheva's Immunity
ESD 12:29:02 15-02-2022
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European Parliament
Refuses to Waive
Elena Yoncheva's Immunity
Brussels/Strasbourg, February 15 (BTA corespondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Parliament has refused to waive the immunity of MEP Elena Yoncheva. The decision had been taken in a secret vote, 418-264, with 11 abstentions on Monday evening. The results of the vote were announced on February 15.
In 2019, the Bulgarian prosecution service requested that Yoncheva is stripped of immunity on money laundering charges. The EP report states that Yoncheva had been heard by EP's legal affairs committee and that according to her the request to be stripped of immunity aims to undermine her activity as a politician and MEP.
The report notes that Yoncheva's work is related to the activity of EP's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, including as part of a delegation which visited Bulgaria to monitor the rule of law situation. The report takes stock of the fact that the case against Yoncheva was brought to public attention by two of her political opponents and proceedings were opened in 2018 eight years after the time when the alleged infringement took lace without any convincing explanation for the delay,
The report takes into consideration an opinion by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists that this is an attack on the freedom of speech of a political opponent and phone conversations in which Yoncheva's name is mentioned and experts have established that one of voices is that of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. RY/PP
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PP1224ES.110
110 POLITICS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTMEP-IMMMUNITY
European Parliament
Refuses to Waive
Elena Yoncheva's Immunity
Brussels/Strasbourg, February 15 (BTA corespondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The European Parliament has refused to waive the immunity of MEP Elena Yoncheva. The decision had been taken in a secret vote, 418-264, with 11 abstentions on Monday evening. The results of the vote were announced on February 15.
In 2019, the Bulgarian prosecution service requested that Yoncheva is stripped of immunity on money laundering charges. The EP report states that Yoncheva had been heard by EP's legal affairs committee and that according to her the request to be stripped of immunity aims to undermine her activity as a politician and MEP.
The report notes that Yoncheva's work is related to the activity of EP's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, including as part of a delegation which visited Bulgaria to monitor the rule of law situation. The report takes stock of the fact that the case against Yoncheva was brought to public attention by two of her political opponents and proceedings were opened in 2018 eight years after the time when the alleged infringement took lace without any convincing explanation for the delay,
The report takes into consideration an opinion by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists that this is an attack on the freedom of speech of a political opponent and phone conversations in which Yoncheva's name is mentioned and experts have established that one of voices is that of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. RY/PP
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