site.btaProtestors Demand End of Procedure to Elect New Prosecutor General

Hundreds of citizens protested demanding the termination of the procedure for electing a new prosecutor general. The event was organized by the Justice for All Initiative.

At the beginning of the protest, traffic along Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard between the Bulgarian National Bank and the so-called "triangle of power", where the buildings of the Presidency, the Council of ministers and the National Assembly are located, and limited, but has now been restored. There is still a heavy police presence in the area.

The organizers were collecting signatures in a petition to stop the election procedure. 

One of the organizers, Emil Georgiev, said that there is a tendency to hold elections for a prosecutor general with only one nominated candidate.  

On October 10 of this year at the last meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), only Borislav Sarafov's candidacy was put forward.

Sarafov is currently the acting prosecutor general after the mandate of his predecessor Ivan Geshev was terminated early.