The acting Minister of Justice stated that he expects the Ministry of Interior to send the report related to the travels of Sofia City Prosecutor Emilia Rusinova abroad in the company of Petar Petrov, known as Euroto, today, so that it can be assessed whether there are grounds for initiating disciplinary proceedings.
According to him, the Ministry of Interior assured him that the document would be sent in the morning, but a technical problem occurred in the systems. Nevertheless, the Minister expressed his expectation that the report would be received by the end of the day.
He also commented on his proposal for a disciplinary investigation against Acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov. The Minister pointed out that according to what he heard from the representative of the prosecutor's office, Evgeni Ivanov, the issue should first be considered by the disciplinary commission, and then submitted for a decision to the prosecutor's office of the Supreme Judicial Council.
The Minister did not undertake to predict when exactly this will happen. However, he emphasized that his proposal explicitly stated that the case is urgent and, in his opinion, the procedure should be developed in a short time. “There is an element of urgency in the whole matter and this should happen in a very short time“, he said.
The Minister specified that the data on which his proposal against Sarafov is based were not collected personally by him, but represent publicly known information from the last six months. “My proposal is based entirely on public information that is widely known“, he emphasized.
When asked whether it is possible for the procedure to be blocked at the disciplinary commission level, without reaching the prosecutor's office, the minister said that he did not want to predict the actions of the personnel authority.
He explained that the Judiciary Act provides for deadlines for imposing disciplinary sanctions. They depend both on the moment when the possible violation became publicly known and on the date of the act itself.
“There are statutes of limitations and they must be taken into account. That is why I insisted on urgent action“, said the minister.
According to him, for some of the publicly known facts, the six-month period within which disciplinary proceedings can be requested has already expired. Therefore, he believes that there are grounds for the issue to be considered at the next meeting of the prosecutor's office.