I have already stated that my statements before the CPC were given under pressure and threats. This is what the former Deputy Mayor of Varna Dian Ivanov clarified on his Facebook profile.
In my statements I have not accused the Mayor of Varna Municipality Blagomir Kotsev of committing a crime. Any attempt to present my words as an accusation is manipulation, Ivanov emphasizes.
We recall that a new panel of judges of the Sofia Court of Appeal must be selected using the random allocation system and must rule on the arrest of Blagomir Kotsev, after Judge Georgi Ushev also declined, BNR pointed out.
A protest march will be held in Varna today in support of the detained Varna mayor.