PP-DB showed the Declaration on exiting the political crisis in Bulgaria, which they talked about during the meeting with President Radev . The draft of the "Declaration on exiting the political crisis in Bulgaria" has been sent to all people's representatives.
We publish the declaration without editorial intervention:
For getting out of the political crisis in Bulgaria
We, the people's representatives from the Fiftieth National Assembly, declare that
we understand the task, which is non-partisan, but national and with which the Bulgarian citizens have sent us to be their representatives in the parliament - to work to solve people's problems, namely: to increase their well-being, to continue the program for large-scale and fair financing of all municipalities; to create a good economic environment for business development; to complete all major infrastructure projects; to guarantee the water supply for the citizens and for agriculture, to ensure the independence and development of the Bulgarian energy system, to digitize the administration; to carry out large-scale investments in schools, kindergartens, sports and the arts, so that Bulgarian children have conditions for development; to elect professionals to independent regulators who protect competition and consumers and much more.
Taking into account that the polarization in society and the mistrust between the political forces greatly complicate the political dialogue and the possibility of forming a sustainable government of the country that can fulfill these tasks.
By sharing the understanding that the basis of the distrust of the citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria towards the political process is the acute sense of injustice caused by the lack of equality before the law and the permanent institutional refusal to counteract the abuse of power.
Considering that stabilization of the parliamentary republic is possible only after removing the systemic preconditions for impunity for political corruption and for illegitimate influence on law enforcement bodies and regulators; Emphasizing our conviction that the way to solving the deep political crisis in the country goes through the completion of the key stages of the anti-corruption and justice reform.
WE DECLARE WE WILL SUPPORT:
1. Election of members of the Anti-Corruption Commission in a fair and transparent manner from at least 160 national representatives, based on rules approved by the European Commission to ensure an effective fight against corruption.
2. Adoption of a new Law on the Judiciary, based on the principles in the project of the Ministry of Justice, positively evaluated and fully supported by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in order to guarantee the independence of the court and the accountability of the prosecutor's office and settle the following main components specified in the appendix to this declaration.
3. Adoption of amendments to the Law on the Protection of Persons Reporting or Publicly Disclosing Information on Violations, to correctly transpose the relevant directive and to remove the inappropriate time limits.
4. Adoption of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code for: limitation
misuse of special intelligence means; limiting the concealment of information important to society under the pretext that it is an investigative secret; settlement of the rights of persons who reported a crime committed.
5. Adoption of the Personal Bankruptcy Law to give
opportunity to receive protection for hundreds of thousands of Bulgarian citizens who are
bona fide debtors, but have fallen into financial difficulties, and which is a condition under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan.
6. Election of a new ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, according to the requirements of art. 91b of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria to guarantee all citizens that they have an independent public defender who promotes and protects human rights and fundamental freedoms.
7. First step in the reform of the security services by adopting amendments to the special laws governing their work to introduce periodic integrity and loyalty checks, incl. by polyphysiographic test.
The adoption of the above laws and decisions is a necessary precondition for
starting talks on a government with broad anti-corruption support within the framework of the Fiftieth National Assembly.
The people's representatives supporting the present Declaration of withdrawal from
the political crisis, call on the president to postpone the handing over of the second mandate for 3 months, so that the above-mentioned bills and decisions can be voted on.
Appendix to item 2 of the Declaration
Main elements in the new Judiciary Act:
- To provide detailed guarantees for compliance with the requirements for depoliticization of the candidates in Art. 130a, para. 3 KRB and confirmation of the public nature of the parliamentary quota and election to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) and the Supreme
prosecutor's council (VPS) of persons who are politically independent and party neutral (applying requirements analogous to those adopted in the Code of Criminal Procedure) including the possibility of proposals for members of the SJC and VPS by the Supreme Bar Council, law faculties, as well as and specialized public organizations.
- To arrange a transparent process for nominations and hearings of the candidates for the professional quota in the SJC and VPS and to guarantee a fair and independent monitoring and verification process of direct selection of the principle of one magistrate - one vote.
- To provide for the elected members of the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council, who retain their status as judges, prosecutors and investigators, to continue exercising their professional functions
- To preserve and develop the principle of judicial self-governance and introduce relevant forms of professional empowerment for prosecutors and investigators
- To provide for regular and objective conduct of certifications to guarantee career development based on transparent criteria and a fair process, as well as guarantees for regular conduct of competitions several times a year and
limiting the secondment of judges, prosecutors and investigators to a minimum reasonable period
- To provide guarantees that the appeal of personnel decisions does not lead to a concentration of control by one body of the judicial power, including discussing the possibility of appeals against the elections for members of the SJC and VPS from the professional quotas and against competitions for judges, prosecutors and investigators to be examined by mixed panels of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court
- In relation to the CSI, additional guarantees should be introduced to implement the requirement that the inspectors will be party neutral, including a rule that some of them will be nominated by a general assembly of the Supreme Court and Supreme Court, and by the prosecution and the investigation, and the Chief Inspector to is a sitting judge of a certain level at the time of election
- To establish an effective system of measures for the prevention of corruption and effective sanctions against behavior that undermines the prestige and independence of the judiciary and violates the standards of professional conduct of judges, prosecutors and investigators
- To envisage a new model of internal organization of the prosecutor's office, which:
● corresponds to European standards and good international models;
● guarantees the relevant professional autonomy of the prosecutor and limits to a minimum the possibilities for unregulated intervention, including by senior prosecutors and administrative heads;
● builds a vertical structure that guarantees efficiency and accountability, the uniform application of laws and state criminal policy in all structures of the prosecutor's office, and the transparent and effective application of methodological rules for the activity in the pre-trial proceedings of prosecutors, investigators and other investigative bodies;
● guarantees the possibility of judicial control over the acts of the prosecutor,
● eliminates the possibility of abuse of preliminary checks;
● regulates the status of the chief prosecutor and the supreme prosecutor's office in accordance with the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code;
● To arrange the introduction of electronic justice and guarantees for the random allocation of cases;
● To upgrade the capacity of the National Institute of Justice, including by developing its research functions;
● To complete the implementation of the Strategy for the continuation of judicial reform from 2014