Balgarianovinite.com The main task is to prevent further arbitrariness at the highest levels of the judicial system, said law expert and former justice minister Atanas Slavov of Yes, Bulgaria in an interview with bTV, as quoted by the party’s press office. Slavov is the top-of-the-list candidate of Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria for Sofia Region 26th multi-member constituency.
Slavov said the next National Assembly must prioritize the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council and adopt a series of legislative changes aimed at reclaiming what he described as a “captured state”. He also criticized GERB and former justice minister Georgi Georgiev for, in his view, unlawfully keeping acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov at the head of the prosecuting magistracy.
He argued that the upper levels of the judiciary, particularly the prosecuting magistracy, have been “captured”, which is why, he said, the State must be “taken back” and returned to citizens. According to Slavov, this was also the reason hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets at the end of 2025.
He added that restoring the rule of law must go through legislative reforms. An earlier attempt through constitutional reform was overturned by the Constitutional Court under what he described as political pressure, but the process should continue at the legislative level. He said that draft amendments to the Judicial System Act, the Criminal Procedure Code, and the Penal Code had been prepared and partially submitted to the outgoing parliament but were not reviewed.
Slavov also criticized recent amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code adopted by the current 51st National Assembly, which allow the Prosecutor General to extend the duration of investigations during the pre-trial phase. Key Task Is to End Arbitrary Practices at Top of Judiciary, Says CC-DB’s Top-of-the-List Candidate for Sofia Region 26th Constituency 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-24 18:54:14 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