Balgarianovinite.com Caretaker Justice Minister Andrey Yankulov said in an interview with Bulgarian National Radio that his team has prepared key draft legislation under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, including bills aimed at establishing a depoliticised anti-corruption commission and improving the mechanism for investigating the prosecutor general. The bills have been approved by the Council of Ministers and consulted with the European Commission. If adopted, they would mark a positive step forward for the justice system, Yankulov said.
In addition to the legislation, Yankulov also talked about the expectations that a new regular government will move ahead with the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
“I don’t think such strong emphasis should be placed on deadlines. The focus should rather be on quality,” Yankulov said, referring to the parliamentary quota in the SJC. In his view, the rules for the selection process should be revised first.
The SJC has 22 members – 11 elected by parliament and 11 by the judiciary. Those who have the right to sit on the council are the heads of the supreme courts and the prosecutor general, Yankulov noted. He added that the parliamentary quota alone cannot significantly change the overall composition of the SJC, stressing that the selection of the professional quota will also be of crucial importance.
The SJC’s Prosecutors Chamber is problematic from an organizational standpoint because it is composed of former and future subordinates of the prosecutor general. If people who are not part of the prosecution service are appointed to the Prosecutors Chamber through the parliamentary quota, they can serve as a counterbalance to those with internal departmental dependencies, Yankulov said. Key Anti-Corruption, Prosecutor Oversight Draft Laws Prepared, Justice Minister Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-03 10:47:27 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