Two men and two women have been charged after the Anti-Corruption Commission's raid in Sofia Municipality, NOVA learned.
According to unofficial information, the resigned deputy mayor Nikola Barbutov and a municipal employee in the “European Policies” department have been detained for 72 hours. Two women from the “Mladost” district, who were responsible for public procurement, are on bail.
In addition to the municipality, searches were also conducted in the offices of two companies that won controversial public procurement contracts.
In the meantime, an audio recording was distributed, which allegedly shows a corruption scheme in the municipality. At this stage, it remains unknown who the men are.
“These are several companies that will generally help us or have helped us over the years. We want to make sure that they have good working conditions, with nothing fixed. I told you about 6% are going. What we have agreed with them is that when they take the order, they will give half for the party's expenses, and the other half for your team” , the recording can be heard saying.