This is an abnormal situation. This is a huge unsecured loan, a gift. This is what he said in "Face to Face" on bTV, the Minister of Innovation and Growth Rosen Karadimov, who is also the former chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank, on the occasion of the loan granted by the bank to Rumen Gaitanski – Wolf in the amount of BGN 150 million, quoted by novini.bg..
This provoked all the extraordinary follow-up actions we took. The BBR in 2019 has nothing to do with the BBR in 2024, and one of the reasons is precisely this credit. I became chairman of the Supervisory Board in November 2022 and found seven large credit exposures. They were placed on a special regime, Karadimov said.
It can be assumed that contracts that were not valid at that time were provided as collateral for this loan. By 2024, this is not possible, he emphasized.
A new BDB strategy was undertaken, which includes densifying the bank's public functions and addressing regional imbalances. As a result, the bank has become a powerful ally of the state in key sectors such as military industry and healthcare, the former chairman of the BDB Supervisory Board pointed out.
Rosen Karadimov, who was appointed by the official cabinet as the coordinator of the early parliamentary elections on October 27, explained that his task is to ensure the material and technical provision of the Ministry of Land Development and Urban Development - due to the GRAO system, the Ministry of the Interior - due to the protection of the vote, the Ministry of Justice - because of voting in prisons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - because of voting abroad, and in the Ministry of e-Government - because of the verification of the machines and the provision of video surveillance on election day.
I want to emphasize that the elections are held by the Central Election Commission, the government is responsible for the material and technical provision, the minister pointed out.
He assured that any signal of vote buying will be checked. But this is part of criminal prevention. The master of this prevention is the prosecutor's office. What is needed, the Ministry of the Interior will create it as an organization. We are ready for this, Karadimov also said.