“My main inspiration to be here in this class is my wish for justice,” Berke says. Against the arrest of the local mayor, last week, a protest was participating in a protest hero in the coastal city of Bulgaria, Varna in Bulgaria.
He said, “My conscience and the spirit of my civil duties will just allow me to stand here with my weapons, in front of the Authority in our country,” he told DW. Along with other protesters, Berke did not want to give his full name.
On July 8, the protests began after the arrest of Verna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev, members of the reformist we continue to change, or PP, political party. What did he arrested during the raid by the anti -corruption commission. Kotsev was accused of running a criminal group, which fired companies receiving public contracts. Kotsev’s two municipal council members of their party and a businessman from Verna were nominated as their partner in the alleged plan.
Bulgaria’s democracy
The arrest of the Mayor has provoked demonstrations at Bulgaria’s capital, Sophia, as well as other places, and has become a symbol for the growing concern of the general public how his current government has given the office of a public prosecutor as a weapon.
Another protestor, Consentin, says, “Search remedies represent a serious intervention with democracy and weaken the judiciary’s attitude,” when DW meets them outside the city hall of Verna. “This is not a separate event, it is part of a major problem in the Bulgarian justice system,” they argue.
The fact is that Bulgaria has some serious problems with its justice system. The latest report on law situation in the country is responsible for the day-to-day body-notes of the European Commission-European Union, that there is barely any improvement. In fact, the European Union report was released on the same day when Verna’s mayor was arrested.
Bulgarian political scientist Daniel Smilov, that is, experts of comparative constitutional law write, “Bulgarian democracy is in danger and those who care about it should give up their political party affiliation and oppose the autocracy and efforts to implement the authority in the country.” The conditions of the thesis may seem unclear and exaggerated, but what is the misfortune that they may have been: Majoring: Major institutions: The prominent institutions: The prominent institutions: The prominent institutions: The prominent institutions: The prominent institutions: The prominent institutions can be the same: Bees have kidnapped and power and violence have been used to carry forward the interests of special political interests. “
Conservative in power
For a long time, the conservatives in the political landscape of the Varna were small for citizens for the European development of right -wing party, GERB, Bulgaria. It is the party of the current Prime Minister of the country, Rosen Zelizco, as well as a long -term Bulgarian leader Boyco Borisov, who had given three terms as the first Prime Minister.
Borisov and his associates were accused of regular corruption and had already had a major protests in 2020. Borisov is seen close to media tycoon and Oligarch Devsavsky, a new beginning, a leader of a political party. The protesters believe that even though Peevski is currently courageous in opposition, he gains a lot of power in Bulgarian politics.
In fact, Verna’s Mayor Kotsev first went on a political scenario during 2020 protests in 2020, before he won the municipal election in 2023.
The main allegations against Kotsev rely on statements by Plamenka Dimitrova, almost especially a Bulgarian businessman, a catering business owner, often contracted for state and public functions. Dimitrova is allegedly close to the GERB party and during the time in Borisov’s office, his company was awarded a contract of millions.
However, the new leadership in Varna decided to work with another service provider, which will work for less money. Dimitrova claims that if she wants to keep it, she was asked to hand over more than 15% of the contract value.
Another witness in the case against Kotsev is the former deputy mayor of the city, witch Ivanov. At first Ivanov seemed to confirm the story of Dimitrova, but then he later withdrew his comments and said that he was “made” untrue “” untrue “under pressure from the anti-corruption commission. Despite this, Ivnov was not re-questioned and the subsequent statements led to the decision of 18 July to arrest Kotsev and others.
Weapon
According to Kotsev’s party, PP, and Democratic Bulgaria, or DB, another supporter against the Europe’s party, Kotsev is against the campaign against opposition parties like him, that Abbeng is led by the country’s prosecutor General Borislav Sarfov.He is not independent, they claim, and he serves to protect the political interests of conservative movements.
At the end of the previous month, another PP member, deputy mayor of Sophia Nicola Barbutov, who was arrested on very similar allegations: corruption and membership of an organized crime group.
Garab’s friends in high places
So far, there has been a less response from the European Commission about what is happening in Bulgaria.
The European Commission is a member of the European Commission, Ursula von deer Leyen Conservative German Party, Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, and CDU is a member of the same European Parliament alliance as Gerbalia’s Gerb. Many protesters in Bulgaria argue as to why they are silent about what they see the wrong thing of Gerb.
“Ursula, do you still support Gerb?” Demonstrations in Bulgaria have a slogan lakes on several placards.
Philip, a protestor from Sophia, says, “I hope that the European Union stopped paying money unreserved to the thesis villain.” “Bioko’s rule is nothing with money from Europe. Peevski’s rule is nothing without money from Europe.”
Back to Verna, local protesters Burke forward a long -battle predicting a long battle. “I am confident that we should finally fight the thesis evil models and those who embrace the Tham,” Heer said. “One day, when we become parents, we do not want to be embarrassed by the situation we are leaving our children.”
This article was original in German.
