As of today, you are talking to the future MP Ivan Demerdzhiev. I am coming from Kardzhali because of the battle I fought there. It is too early to talk about a future Minister of the Interior.
The draft cabinet of Rumen Radev will be ready very quickly, when the National Assembly is constructed. This was told to NOVA by former Minister of the Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev, who was elected as an MP from the list of "Progressive Bulgaria". And he pointed out that the so-called House Book, from which 10 people are elected as acting prime ministers, should be abolished.
"By mid-May, everything should start moving normally. There is no way to use the time when handing over a mandate, there are so many problems facing the state at the moment, he said about the future cabinet, without naming names. Expect to see professionals in each of the areas," Demerdzhiev said about the future ministers.
"Svetlyo is an extremely dark figure, associated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs from its darkest years," he pointed out about the threats to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Georgi Kandev. However, he did not know Kartofa. The Prosecutor's Office should have realized that it could not work according to the Sarafov model. And he described that the Ministry of Internal Affairs also felt sabotage and pressure from the Prosecutor's Office under previous caretaker governments. He said that Georgi Kandev showed serious qualities and could be a regular Secretary General if he himself became Minister of Internal Affairs.
Demerdzhiev pointed out that it could also consider limiting the powers of the current Supreme Judicial Council so that it does not make decisions on personnel policy. He pointed out that tampering with the Constitution is risky, and it is important for the National Assembly to fill its quota in the council in a way that citizens do not doubt the integrity of the political quota.
"Sarafov resigned not because of my call, but because of the clear will of the voters," said Demerdzhiev. And he mentioned the former prosecutor general's master. He indicated that the rules for electing members of the Supreme Judicial Council from the parliament will be changed so that there are no situations like "you chose him". They were already working on criteria for electing new members of the Supreme Judicial Council. He did not want to say them, but explained that while he was president, Rumen Radev filled his quota in the Constitutional Court with people whose moral integrity was beyond doubt. The same was true of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court, which also appoint constitutional magistrates. The idea was for the SJC itself to elect a titular prosecutor general, whose integrity would be beyond doubt.
"We will try to make adjustments in order to save the money under the Recovery Plan. You had such a case in the first caretaker government", said Demerdzhiev. According to him, the European Commission will extend the deadline, but the PB did not count on that.
Some of the laws that will be worked on are bills from the Recovery Plan, rules for electing members of the SJC and others. Demerdzhiev wished for a constructive tone in parliament. He did not specify who would be proposed as head of parliament. But he mentioned that the so-called house book should be abolished. However, changes to the constitution would be made very carefully.