From the very beginning, when it started even during the PP-DB-GERB coalition – the election of the Attorney General was a key topic. The situation has certainly not been normalized. Ambiguity remained until the end, he pointed out to "Face to Face" on bTV´.
On the occasion of the expired mandate of the Supreme Judicial Council and whether the election of the chief prosecutor would be legitimate at all, he recalled that the members of the SJC, elected by the parliament, must be sent there with 2/3 of the votes of the deputies.
p>„I can't imagine how they can choose now, even if the parliament is working”.
„The role of the Prosecutor's Office since the end of the 90s, even with the election of Mr. Filchev, is similar to that in many countries that are in transition – and it is the judicial system as an instrument. In court – those who were pressured by the Prosecutor's Office were able to play. The judicial system has become a tool with which political forces solve their problems with influence, he commented.
„There are camps with different goals and they successfully try to block each other, that is, so that the other does not score points”, is his opinion about the complete blockage in the National Assembly.
„In my opinion, there is a reluctance for this parliament to function and be able to do anything. We are in this abyss, from which I don't know if there will be a way out soon”, Andrey Yankulov from the Anti-Corruption Fund expressed his opinion on the subject.
„Some think that Sarafov is convenient for them. If we look at his history, he has been at the top of the Prosecutor's Office for more than 10 years. For this entire period, the public assessment of the activities of the PRB is clear – she is not very good. This is acknowledged by practically everyone," he also commented.