Balgarianovinite.com The Plenum of the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) adopted Procedural Rules for the election of a member of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) by the General Assembly of Judges from the Criminal, Civil and Commercial Chambers of the Supreme Court of Cassation, the court announced on Tuesday.
The General Assembly shall elect a judge as a member of the ACC who meets the requirements of the Act on Combating Corruption among Persons Holding Public.
The documents related to the procedure will be published on the court’s website.
According to the rules, within seven days of their adoption, each judge may submit a written proposal for a member of the Anti-Corruption Commission to the General Assembly through the President of the Supreme Court of Cassation, and it is also allowed to nominate their own candidate. The proposals, with the reasons for them and the names of the proposers, are published on the website of the Supreme Court of Cassation within one day of their receipt.
It is planned that the President of the Supreme Court of Cassation will appoint a Competition Commission composed of three judges from the Supreme Court of Cassation on the principle of random selection through electronic distribution.
An evaluation committee shall schedule a hearing, which shall be public and shall be broadcast in real time on the Internet. Judges, non-profit legal entities registered for the purpose of carrying out public benefit activities, the Supreme Bar Council, higher education institutions and scientific organizations may submit to the Competition Commission statements on the candidates, including questions to be asked of them. The media may also send questions to the Competition Commission regarding the candidates.
Upon the proposal of the evaluation committee, the Chair of the Supreme Court of Cassation shall convene the General Assembly of the Supreme Court of Cassation judges no later than three days after the hearing of the candidates. During the meeting, each judge may express an opinion on the candidacies, after which the vote shall proceed, which shall be secret and shall be carried out with paper ballots.
On June 18, the National Assembly adopted procedural rules on the terms and conditions for proposing candidates, presenting and publicly disclosing documents, hearing candidates, and electing a member of the Anti-Corruption Commission by the National Assembly. The decision was made with 184 votes in favor and 14 against (MRF). Supreme Court of Cassation Adopts Procedural Rules for Election of Member of Anti-Corruption Commission 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-23 17:29:08 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