Boiko Rashkov met at least 10 times with the declared smugglers Stefan and Marin Dimitrovi, while he was a minister. This was learned during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on the customs scandal, reported a reporter of "Focus".
"Boyko Rashkov is lying, and he is lying to the whole of Bulgaria, saying that he does not know these people. Zhivko Kotsev, as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system, supported those he developed. This person was proposed as the General Secretary by General Atanasov and this person was to be responsible for conducting the elections. For me, this is a serious political scandal," Stanislav Balabanov from ITN said.
According to the deputy of GERB-SDS Raya Nazaryan, one conclusion can be made because there is photographic material. "We can consider that there is serious activity outside the law and the fact that it has been revealed is perhaps a good moment. The participation of the chief secretary is worrisome, it is worrisome that there is evidence of his constant behavior going back in time.", she pointed out.
"Rashkov said he knew these people because they were whistleblowers against Boyko Borisov. "I don't know where you heard that he doesn't know them," said PP-DB MP Konstantin Bachiyski.
Yordan Tsonev from DPS said: "I have more than 30 years of work experience and I have seen terrible shames, but I have not witnessed anything like this. Not because there was no smuggling, no corruption. Boyko Rashkov's participation in this whole scheme is quite obvious."