The deputy of GERB Tervel Georgiev will resign as a member of the people representative. He will leave the parliament after being elected chairman of the 51st National Assembly.
This is what Georgiev and GERB leader Boyko Borisov have agreed on, the party announced. The reason is the way in which Georgiev, as a lawyer, postponed the case for the beating of the editor-in-chief of “168 Chasa” Slavi Angelov - with sick leave for high blood pressure. Georgiev's sick leave was valid for the day of the court session in the case on Monday, but not for the meeting of deputies on Wednesday. So far, the attorney-deputy has not missed a single session of the 51st Parliament.
“Tervel Georgiev will retire from parliament in order to fully continue his law practice. The decision and arguments have been discussed with the leader of GERB, Boyko Borisov, and the arguments are shared that the reconciliation of the two professional fields in the specific case prevents their full and uncontroversial implementation, GERB said before “24 hours” on Tuesday.
No one in the party, including the leader Boyko Borisov, knew that Tervel Georgiev was a defender of one of the defendants for the beating of Slavi Angelov. They learned about the commitment of their representative from a publication that told about another failure of Georgiev to appear in the case.
Borisov explained to Georgiev that you cannot demand a quick and fair trial and use tactics to delay cases. At the same time, he was aware that it was the lawyer's job and duty to protect his client. However, according to Borisov, the specific case was a professional conflict. The proposal for Tervel Georgiev to leave the National Assembly came from him. He told the GERB leader that if he made his client drop his defense, it meant delaying the court process again. At the same time, he did not want his legal duties to harm GERB, the party headquarters said. Lawyer Tervel Georgiev has been appearing in the case for the beating of Slavi Angelov for 4 years now. He has been defending Biser Mitrev since the beginning of the trial.
Georgiev is part of the Plovdiv list of GERB. After him, a deputy becomes