site.btaDetention Order Request for MP Dzheyhan Ibryamov to Be Reviewed by Court Behind Closed Doors

The Sofia City Court ruled that the court session to review the prosecution service's request for a detention order against Dzheyhan Ibryamov will be held behind closed doors due to information in the case file that could be classified as matter of national security, which covers the characteristics of a State secret. 

At the beginning of the session, prosecutor Ivaylo Petrov of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office requested that the session be held behind closed doors due to classified information contained in the case file. Ibryamov's lawyers said they supported the prosecutor's request.

Judge Ivan Stoilov pointed out that he was also familiar with the materials in the case and ruled that the hearing be held without the presence of people other than the parties in the court case. The judge added that the media would be invited inside the courtroom at a later stage to be told what decision the panel had made on the prosecution's request.

On entering the courtroom, Ibryamov declined to make any comments.

National Assembly Chair Raya Nazaryan and the Central Election Commission authorized the lifting of Dzheyhan Ibryamov's immunity as an MP and a candidate for MP, following a request from the prosecutor's office to indict him. 

On Wednesday, Dzheyhan Ibryamov, MP of the 50th National Assembly, was detained and his home was searched, BTA learned from his lawyer, Yordan Kirov. Ibryamov is the top-of-the-list candidate of the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms coalition in the 30th multi-member constituency in Shumen for the snap parliamentary elections on October 27.