„As for the election of the chief prosecutor, I think that the SJC is fully within its powers to assess how to act in this situation. There is a decision of the Constitutional Court number 12 regarding the powers of the SJC related to mandate. There is a decision of the Constitutional Court, the SJC is obviously within its right to make such a proposal. The fact that several parliaments cannot fulfill their function and fill their quota in the SJC is not a problem of the judiciary. This was stated by Temenuzka Petkova from GERB-SDS in the studio of "Wake Up" on NOVA.
„It is important to know whether the nomination is legal. For me, the most important thing is that the law be respected – if it is observed, what can we say? The decision of the SC gives a very clear answer about the mandate of the SJC. It is within his power to make such a decision. "Once the parliament cannot fulfill its duty, there is no way to stop the judicial system from working," she added.
„There is no reason not to trust Atanas Ilkov, the Ministry of the Interior is doing its job in terms of buying votes,", Petkova believes.