The Ministry of the Interior (Ministry of the Interior) has already started organization and is ready to fulfill its commitments for the elections, acting Minister of Internal Affairs Kalin Stoyanov told journalists, after the “Captain Andreevo“ information was given about a record amount of heroin seized, BTA recalled.
The commitment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the first place is not to organize elections, the elections are organized by the Central Election Commission (CEC). "The Ministry of the Interior has commitments to protect the ballots, the polling stations, the voting machines, as well as to fight the bought vote. We are ready, a lot of experience has been gained in recent years, since many elections have also been held, I am confident that we will manage. At the moment there are no signals, they start to grow progressively when the election campaign starts", explained Kalin Stoyanov.
I don't see why suggestions are being made that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is unlikely to handle the elections, he added. "I do not understand how six months after the local vote, even the prime minister at that time – Nikolay Denkov, comes out and declares that the Ministry of the Interior did not do well in these elections. We were criticized neither during the elections nor after them", commented the acting Minister of the Interior. The statement of a group of people, according to whom the Ministry of the Interior is also responsible for the number of invalid ballots, is also puzzling - this, in my opinion, is complete absurdity, he added.
I am not considering an option for a new chief secretary, I believe that it is right to work with the deputy of Zhivko Kotsev, who is doing excellently so far, the resigned interior minister also said. I worked with Zhivko Kotsev until the end, there was no rift between the two of us, added Kalin Stoyanov.
He also said that two weeks ago he announced that he had information that "parties" were held at Boyko Rashkov's home, at which tasks were assigned to those present as to who should do what, and the aim was to be discredited and drop out of the rotation and not continue to be the interior minister.