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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov requests from National Assembly to strip 6 MPs of immunity

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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov requested from the National Assembly to remove the immunity from prosecution of 6 MPs- Elena Yoncheva and Georgi Mihaylov (BSP), Boris Karchev (GERB) and Veselin Mareshki, Plamen Hristov and Krustina Taskova (Volya), in order to initiate legal proceedings against them. Elena Yoncheva will be investigated for money laundering. Georgi Mihailov will be investigated for deliberate mismanagement and conclusion of disadvantageous contracts. Boris Karchev will be investigated for tax evasion and Mareshki, Hristov and Taskova will be investigated for extortion- the three MPs reportendly made owners of pharmacies purchase medicines at higher prices.




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