Balgarianovinite.com The Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will meet on Thursday to decide on the appointment of an acting Prosecutor General, according to the Plenum’s agenda published on the Council’s website.
This is the sole item on Thursday’s agenda, and the meeting has been convened by caretaker Justice Minister Andrey Yankulov.
The current acting Prosecutor General is Borislav Sarafov.
On October 16, 2025, the Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council decided not to request an authentic interpretation from the National Assembly of Article 173(15) of the Judicial System Act. The decision was taken unanimously after a brief debate.
Earlier, on October 7, the SJC’s Judges Chamber voted, by six votes in favour and three against, to propose that the Plenum of the SJC request an authentic interpretation of Article 173(15) of the Judicial System Act from Parliament.
With regard to the provision of the Judicial System Act, members of the SJC’s Prosecutors Chamber held that it was inapplicable to acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov and confirmed his appointment to the post.
At the beginning of October, two panels of the Supreme Court of Cassation refused to open proceedings on motions filed by acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov seeking the reopening of criminal cases. According to the Supreme Court of Cassation, Sarafov cannot serve as acting Prosecutor General.
Article 173(15) applies to the Prosecutor General and the Chairs of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court, and reads as follows: “Upon early termination or expiry of the term of office of the Prosecutor General, the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Cassation or the Chairperson of the Supreme Administrative Court, a person shall be appointed to perform the respective functions temporarily, in compliance with the following condition: one and the same person shall not have the right to perform the respective functions for a period exceeding 6 months, regardless of whether there have been interruptions or not.” SJC Plenum to Decide on Appointment of Acting Prosecutor General 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-26 06:39:00 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
