Balgarianovinite.com Progressive Bulgaria MP Yavor Gechev Friday rejected claims that the Interior Minister misled the public when he disclosed information about the foreign travel of Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Delyan Peevski. “The information presented by Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev came from official Interior Ministry records and there was no reason to believe the ministry had provided false information,” Gechev told reporters in Parliament on Friday.
Gechev’s comment came shortly after the Interior Minister submitted to Parliament a report concerning MRF leader Delyan Peevski and other individuals sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act. According to Gechev, the data cited by the minister came from official Interior Ministry records.
Earlier on Friday, MRF MP Hamid Hamid said the report confirmed his party’s claim that Demerdzhiev’s statements during a parliamentary hearing on July 2 had been false. Hamid also argued that the report referred to operational investigative activities involving a person with parliamentary immunity, which he said violated the Criminal Procedure Code and the Constitution.
Asked to comment on the report, Progressive Bulgaria parliamentary group leader Petar Vitanov said he had not yet reviewed the document because Parliament was focused on debating the 2026 budget bills.
On July 2, Demerdzhiev told Parliament that Delyan Peevski and Desislava Atanasova had travelled together on a flight from Sofia to Dubai on April 5, 2024. A day later, Atanasova, now a Constitutional Court judge, denied the claim.
In 2021, Peevski was designated by the United States under the Global Magnitsky Act for corruption and influence peddling. The US authorities described him as an oligarch who had “regularly engaged in corruption”, including through influence peddling and bribes to shield himself from public scrutiny and exert control over key institutions and sectors in Bulgaria. Peevski is challenging the designation in a US court, with his lawyers arguing that there is no evidence of wrongdoing by their client. In 2023, the United Kingdom also sanctioned Peevski over alleged attempts to exert control over key institutions and sectors through bribery and the use of his media empire. Progressive Bulgaria MP Rejects Claims Interior Minister Misled Parliament 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-10 13:20:19 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