Bulgaria Prosecutor Demands Stripping Ex-PM Stanishev of Immunity

Bulgaria's former PM Sergey Stanishev will be most likely be stripped off his immunity over an investigation. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, has tabled to Parliament a demand for stripping off the MP immunity of former Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev.

If the MPs vote in favor of removing the immunity of the Socialist Party leader, Stanishev will be investigated on charges related to allegedly leaked or missing top secret intelligence reports.

He will face charges on losing documents containing information which is a state secret, and that because of incautiousness he caused the making public of a top secret report of the State National Security Agency DANS incriminating state officials with violations.

The Prosecutor’s Office states that the removal of Stanishev’s immunity is needed in order to apply the law wholly and objectively in evaluating the evidence on the case.

Earlier on Tuesday Stanishev himself declared his readiness to give up his MP immunity in order to aid the investigators.

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