In recent weeks, there have been publicly expressed doubts that Mr. Peevski and people from the Prosecutor's Office have tried to show some influence of the Constitutional Court in order to overturn the constitutional changes. We see how the political process in Bulgaria is turning, we see how Mr. Peevski is doing everything possible to nullify the steps that were taken in the past months. It's a legitimate attempt at influence to go all the way back.
This was revealed by former Justice Minister Atanas Slavov from “Yes Bulgaria” in the show “ More from the day” according to BNT.
If it comes to declaring a part of the changes unconstitutional, the court should give direction, because we would not have any restoration of the previous constitutional arrangement, on the other hand, a 2/3 majority in an extremely fragmented parliament, is difficult to achieve. That is, the court must give real arguments on how to implement this decision, warned Slavov.
The changes in the Constitution were an important step. They set a new framework in which there would be an independent court and an accountable Prosecutor's Office. But these changes must be implemented with meaning, which is done in two stages – with the adoption of the Law on the Judiciary, which will guarantee the real independence of these bodies, which are still with their old leaderships, and secondly – the election of new members in the two councils, new leadership of the Prosecutor's Office, election of the president of the Supreme Administrative Court. That is why the constitutional decision is so important, which will either pull the handbrake and stop the process of reforms and return to a state of a dependent court and an accountable Prosecutor's Office of oligarchic circles, and not to society, he explained.
For me, this was the expected decision on the mandate of Atanasova and Belazelkov. It says that they will not have a mandate of 9 years, but 7 years – as much as was left to complete the mandates they enter. We are all worried about the decision of the Constitutional Court on the constitutional changes, and that is because the Bulgarian society had a chance during these months to start some long-delayed reforms. This was stated by the former Minister of Justice.