Balgarianovinite.com The Interior Ministry has significantly curbed vote buying, caretaker Minister Emil Dechev said in an interview with Nova TV on Sunday. He noted that the efforts of the Ministry and the entire caretaker government have boosted public confidence in the electoral process. “We managed to convince people that it is worth voting, and that it also makes sense to submit alerts to the Interior Ministry,” Dechev added.
Commenting on threats against acting Interior Ministry Secretary General Georgi Kandev, Dechev said this was a sign that Kandev is doing his job well.
Earlier this week, Kandev said that he had received several calls within minutes from hidden numbers via a mobile app and they claimed that people were at the Sofia City Prosecution Office giving false testimony against him. Kandev was also told that the effort was being coordinated by a former Interior Ministry official.
Asked who might possibly threaten the Secretary General, Dechev said that, in his view, it was people “who for at least two decades have believed they are the masters of this country.”
“There are formal institutions that ostensibly carry out their legal functions, but behind them stand other individuals who are not elected by Bulgarian citizens, have no mandate, and bear no visible responsibility. Over these two decades, different political forces have come to power. The term ‘backstage politics’ is not accidental. There is a persistent suspicion that behind publicly elected officials stand others who hold the real power, while those who formally occupy high public posts are not the ultimate decision-makers,” Dechev said.
Dechev confirmed that the threats against Kandev were linked to Svetlozar Lazarov, who served as Secretary General of the Interior Ministry between 2013 and 2015. The Interior Minister also noted that one of the people allegedly involved in giving false testimony against Kandev was ”the owner of a roadside assistance company that receives significant payments from the Bulgarian State, despite having multiple prior convictions that have entered into force.”
Asked about his take on Borislav Sarafov’s resignation as acting Prosecutor General, Dechev said it was ”a very delayed action and an overdue enforcement of the law.”
As to media reports that Constitutional Court judge Desislava Atanasova and Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Delyan Peevski had travelled together on a private plane, the Interior Minister said that his Ministry has no such information. “We have no information that the two travelled together on any aircraft whatsoever,” Dechev noted.
Dechev confirmed that Peevski had used private jets. “The individual has used such flights, but at this stage we have no information on whether those aircraft are his property,” the Minister said. In his words, they may belong to another person. “It begs the question of why that person would so frequently allow these aircraft to be used by this public figure,” he added. Dechev also said it would be appropriate for the Bulgarian National Audit Office to at least assess whether everything has been properly declared by the respective public officials. Interior Ministry Has Significantly Curbed Vote Buying – Minister Dechev 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-26 17:26:00 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