Balgarianovinite.com On December 11, 2025, the Constitutional Court issued a ruling terminating the proceedings in a constitutional case instituted on a petition by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) to find unconstitutional restrictive provisions of an Act to Amend and Supplement the Judicial System Act, the Court said in a press release on Thursday.
The constitutional jurisdiction acted after receiving a December 1, 2025 ruling of a three-judge panel of the SAC which terminated an administrative case pending before it by reason of a withdrawal of an appeal on the basis of which it was instituted.
The Constitutional Court determined that now that the proceedings before the referring court have been terminated, the constitutional requirement that there should be a specific case to which the challenged law is applicable is no longer met.
Attending the session were 11 Constitutional Court judges. The ruling was adopted by 10 votes in favour and a dissenting opinion by Judge Borislav Belazelkov.
After Bulgaria’s acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov withdrew, on November 28, his appeal before the SAC in connection with the termination of a procedure for the election of a prosecutor general by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Plenum, the SAC set aside the appeal, which was lodged in early February 2025, and terminated the case.
The procedure for the election of a prosecutor general was terminated on January 23, 2025, two days after Parliament enacted legislative amendments barring JSC members whose term in office has expired from nominating and voting in the election of a prosecutor general. Sarafov was the only nominee for the office, nominated by three members of the JSC Prosecutors Chamber on October 10, 2024.
The SAC then stayed the proceedings in the case and, acting on Sarafov’s motion, on April 7 took the matter to the Constitutional Court, arguing that these restrictive provisions in the Transitional and Final Provisions of the Act to Amend and Supplement the Judicial System Act are unconstitutional because they prevent the SJC from fully exercising its powers and making decisions. Constitutional Court Dismisses Terminated Prosecutor General’s Election Procedure Case 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-11 16:01:40 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