The National Assembly decided that only members of the Supreme Judicial Council with an unexpired term of office will elect the Prosecutor General and the Chairpersons of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court. The text,..
The second procedure for the election of a president of the Supreme Administrative Court has been terminated because there have been no nominations. Last chance for nominations for Supreme Administrative Court president The Supreme..
After the Plenum of the Court and the caretaker Minister of Justice waived their powers to submit nominations for President of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC), the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will again be in session today...
The hearing of the only candidate nominated for prosecutor general, current acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov, is to take place on 16 January, 2025, the plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has confirmed, with two votes “against”...
The Prosecutor's College of the Supreme Judicial Council approved the reports of the Commission on Attestation and Competitions and the Commission for Professional Ethics regarding the candidacy of Borislav Sarafov for Chief Prosecutor, reported BTA...
Borislav Sarafov meets all the requirements and has the qualities to be elected Prosecutor General. This position was taken by the committees on attestation and competitions and on professional ethics at the Prosecutors College of the..
"If the proposal for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski and his formation ''Movement for Rights and Freedoms – A New Beginning'' does not receive support, ''We Continue the Change'' (PP) will not hold talks on the election of the Speaker of the..
President Rumen Radev expressed doubts whether the current Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) could meet the high public expectations when electing a new prosecutor general. Speaking in the "Albena" resort before the start of the annual meeting of..
The proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s Constitution failed to get enough votes at first reading. 161 MPs voted in favour. In order to change the Constitution, 180 votes are needed. "The amendments were not adopted, but since more than 160 MPs voted in..
Representatives of the Venice Commission will arrive in Sofia to discuss with the Bulgarian institutions the project to change the Constitution, submitted by the ruling majority and the MRF party . Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council will elect six of..
