My associate Lachezar Stavrev has been arrested for executing a "oral order" of Petya Bankova. And Mrs. Bankova remembered her testimony after 6 months in custody. There is complete nonsense in the testimony. This was stated to BTV by Assen Vassilev, co-chair of "We Continue the Change".
"No irregularities were committed on his part. This whole thing is a big farce and an attempt to interfere with the acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov in politics."
Requests for immunity and leaking of testimonies are used at very convenient political moments, which means that the prosecutor's office acts like a bludgeon and hinders the investigation, not leads it, he added.
I am not afraid to give myself immunity, said Vassilev.
Lachezar Stavrev is my driver, he also helps with my program. He is an unfortunate associate of mine in the National Assembly, his salary is from the party, not from the parliament.
"On March 17 (author's note: the arrest of Boyko Borisov), we, like the entire Bulgarian people, celebrated. "There were fireworks not only in Sofia, but all over the country," the MP replied.
Vassilev stressed that he had not apologized for the arrest, which the Bulgarian court ruled illegal, and would not do so.
Assen Vassilev said that he would form a majority with "Vazrazhdane" to remove Sarafov.
Until GERB signs the sanitary cordon, there can be no government, he revealed.
Vassilev said that until he sees and reads the budget from beginning to end, he cannot say whether it is good.
Vassilev added that the Ministry of Finance budget shows that the increase in pensions next year is fully covered by the current levels of contributions collected from next year. The argument that pensions are making a hole in the budget has just died, the former finance minister revealed.