Balgarianovinite.com Meeting with senior staff and personnel of the Sofia Directorate of the Interior and the Sofia Regional Directorate of the Interior on Tuesday, Interior Minister Emil Dechev told them to act absolutely without compromise against every perpetrator of election crime.
The Interior Ministry leadership held working meetings with the directors and personnel of the two structures in the context of preparations for the April 19 parliamentary elections and the steps taken to guarantee a fair and lawful vote, the Sofia Directorate of the Interior said in a Facebook post.
Dechev stressed that the government and the Interior Ministry do not support any particular political force and have no favourites in the elections. Police actions must be directed solely at upholding the law, regardless of whether the perpetrators are representatives of local authorities, political figures or others.
During the meetings, data were presented on the work of Interior Ministry structures five days before the elections. In the area of the Sofia Directorate, 120 reports of election violations have been received, compared with 15 in the 2024 parliamentary elections. A total of 48 pre-trial proceedings have been initiated (compared with 13 before), 44 people have been detained, and 304 warnings have been issued (compared with 98 previously).
The Sofia Regional Directorate of the Interior has registered 52 reports, compared with nine in the 2024 elections. Nine pre-trial proceedings have been initiated (none previously), nine people have been detained, and 327 warnings have been issued (up from 21 in 2024).
Georgi Kandev, the Ministry’s Secretary General, said the increased number of reports indicated growing public trust and rising expectations of police performance. He said the recorded results reflect significant effort by officers, while citizens expect concrete outcomes in countering election violations. Interior Minister Wants Personnel to Be Absolutely Uncompromising Against Election Crime 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-14 16:37:55 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
