Former Sofia Prosecutor Confessed: 'Watergate' Recordings Authentic

Kokinov faced a scandalous and early end to his term as Sofia city prosecutor. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Former Sofia city prosecutor has confirmed that the latest batch of recordings in the so-called 'watergate' scandal, which led to his resignation, are authentic, according to reports.

The Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation launched at the end of last month proceedings aimed at establishing the authenticity of the wiretaps and whether there is sufficient information pointing to a crime against justice and malfeasance in office.

Nikolay Kokinov has been the first to be interrogated by the prosecutors and will soon be followed by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and former Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov, Presa daily newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The scandal erupted at the end of last month after Bulgarian media published a special surveillance devices recording including a conversation between him, former Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, and Sofia City Prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov.

It is filled with profanities, curses, vulgarities, and insults of prosecutors, politicians, and journalists, including ridicule of some of them over appearing to be homosexual.

The most insults are directed at Chief Prosecutor, Sotir Tsatsarov, with Kokinov blaming Borisov of handpicking him as it turned out he was not acting as expected.

The talk in the scandalous recording basically revolves around corruption charges pressed against Naydenov and Kokinov being in hot water over breaches he had committed, and ways for both to get out of them.

The prosecuting authority has said that the wiretapped conversations are not the result of authorized use of special surveillance devices.

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