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Parliament votes to definitively shut down specialized court and prosecutor’s office

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The Bulgarian National Assembly voted to shut down, definitively, the specialized court and prosecutor’s office after the MPs approved, at second reading, the amendments to the Judicial System Act.

According to the parliamentary majority, the work of the specialized structures has been ineffective. The decision was heavily criticized by the parliamentary group of GERB party.



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