The Sofia City Court has awarded over 100,000 Euros in compensation to Brigadier General Plamen Angelov for an illegally filed indictment that ruined his career. The State Prosecution must pay the hefty sum for its actions in 2019, which led to his removal from the post of Director of the "Military Information" Service at the Ministry of Defense, reports the legal portal "De Fakto".
The saga began seven years ago, when Brigadier General Plamen Angelov and his predecessor Brigadier General Svetoslav Daskalov found themselves in the crosshairs of investigators. The two were charged with a crime in their official capacity, related to the alleged issuance of hundreds of permits for access to secret information in violation of the law.
The consequences for Angelov were immediate and detrimental to his professional development. The general was stripped of his access to classified information, which practically deprived him of the opportunity to perform his duties in "Military Information", and later forced him to permanently leave intelligence.
The development of the trial revealed serious doubts about the true motives for the attack on the senior military. Before the court, a former Minister of Defense testified that General Angelov had become the victim of a classic political order.
During the events in question, military intelligence enjoyed extremely high trust among NATO partner services. According to media reports, at that time this was one of the few remaining key structures in the state that functioned completely independently of the political influence of the MRF and Delyan Peevski. The compensation awarded by the court today confirms the illegality of the prosecutorial actions that led to the removal of the then leadership.