Balgarianovinite.com In an interview with Darik Radio on Saturday, caretaker Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Hristanov said the attacks against Stoil Tzitzelkov, who resigned on Friday as Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Fair Elections, were an attempt by formations that do not want fair elections to destabilize the entire caretaker cabinet.
Hristanov said the cabinet had a clear programme that all ministers would follow to ensure free and fair elections. “To anyone who sees free and fair elections as a problem, let me be clear: you will not succeed this time,” he said.
Hristanov described Tzitzelkov as Bulgaria’s leading expert on electoral processes, arguing that there was no better candidate for the post. He said the attack against him had been conducted in a “rather trivial” manner and revolved around everyday matters.
Hristanov added that he did not want to justify actions such as driving “in one condition or another,” but said it was “laughable” for someone at such a high level to be “taken out” for such reasons, given past cases of ministers who had faced investigations for proven offences.
Asked about a claim attributed to the European Commission that Tzitzelkov had been removed from international election observation for five years, Hristanov said he doubted the information, noting that Tzitzelkov had observed elections and, as far as he knew, was due to travel this month to observe elections in South America.
He added that he was not familiar with the details and said he would look into the matter, then the officials responsible for the relevant portfolio could respond. Caretaker Agriculture Minister Hristanov: Attacks on Cabinet Linked to Fair Elections 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-21 13:40:20 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