Democratic Bulgaria has fulfilled one of its main pre-election commitments related to the closure of specialized justice, the party's press office said.

After 10 hours of debates in the parliamentary hall, the National Assembly voted to close the Specialized Criminal Court, the Appellate Specialized Criminal Court and their respective specialized prosecutor's offices.

"Thank you for your support, thank you for the debate. This is a bill that is being discussed very vigorously and very thoroughly, and we have shown that we can hear, evaluate criticism and where it aims to improve the bill - to adopt them," he said. justice Nadezhda Yordanova

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The National Assembly finally closed the specialized courts and prosecutor's office

According to the changes in the Judiciary Act (JSA), judges will be reappointed, and pending cases will continue before the same panels, but in the Sofia City Court, and against organized criminal groups - in local district courts.

In addition to the closure of the specialized courts and prosecutor's offices, the changes in the JSA put an end to the career and financial bonuses for members of the Supreme Judicial Council and the Inspectorate of the SJC.

"Speculation, misinterpretation and delusion are that our efforts for judicial reform stop here and that we do not know what we are doing.

Our efforts are only just beginning and we know what we are doing, "added Minister Yordanova after the vote. She announced that the next steps in judicial reform are related to the establishment of a mechanism for effective investigation and accountability of the Prosecutor General.

Yordanova said that as of April 1, there are 30 Bulgarians in Bulgarian detention facilities who have been detained without charge for more than six months, and five of them have been without an indictment for more than a year.

"Do we like the current prosecutor's office? Do you like such legislation? The work continues and I am confident that we will soon be debating other important tasks," she said.

Atanas Slavov, an MP from Democratic Bulgaria, said that the adoption of the law would put an end to some inquisitorial structures.

"I am convinced that we will all breathe more freely after today. Whether or not someone in power can be subjected to an inquisition. Let us recall that a significant part of the cases being conducted there are permits for special intelligence tools and in the second place, measures for procedural coercion ", he commented.

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