Without debate, the deputies of the Internal Security and Public Order Committee in the National Assembly considered three Bills amending the Law on the National Security Service (NSO).
The first is from the MP from "Vazrazhdane" Zlatan Zlatanov and a group of MPs, the second - from the Council of Ministers, and the third - from the MRF-New Beginning with the sponsor Hamid Hamid and a group of MPs.
The bill of "Vazrazhdane" was rejected by the members of the committee, wrote news.bg.
However, the deputies accepted that of the Council of Ministers and the DPS-New Beginning, supported by the parties in the ruling coalition.
The draft law of the Council of Ministers states that the security service cars will be transferred to the presidential administration. The changes aim to regulate the relationships regarding the transfer of movable property (motor vehicles) and staff numbers, as well as the legal relationships with the employees who served the presidential administration, from the NSO to the presidential administration, with the accompanying current and capital expenses, the submitter states in the explanatory memorandum.
According to the government, the proposal made does not lead to an impact on the state budget, since the changes will be compensated between the budgets of the two budget structures.
In early October, the parliament decided that the NSO will no longer provide transportation for the presidential administration.
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The Council of Ministers explains that after the changes from early October, the transportation service for the presidential administration has not been regulated. It is necessary to supplement the NSO Law in order to regulate the relations between the two administrations, as well as other issues arising from the cancellation, the explanatory memorandum states.
The NSO has specific tasks in the protection and security of the higher state bodies. Providing administrative and transport services to the administration is an unusual function that diverts resources and personnel.
The transfer of the relevant assets, resources and staff numbers will enable the administration to organize its transport services by directly controlling and reporting its own transport costs, which is in accordance with the principles of independence and transparency in the management of public funds. Through direct control over transportation, the presidential institution will be able to more clearly manage and publicly report on its expenses and asset management, the explanatory memorandum also states.
The cars provided to the presidential administration will be able to reside and be serviced at the NSO base under the conditions and in accordance with the procedure specified in an agreement between the interested parties, the bill states.
The MRF-New Beginning bill states that individuals cannot provide personal cars to the NSO, and such cars cannot be equipped as cars with a special traffic regime.