"From the beginning of September to the 23rd of this month, we saved 10 human lives".

This was said by the Acting Minister of Internal Affairs, Ivan Demerdzhiev

Ivan Demerdzhiev is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience.

He was born in 1975 in Plovdiv.

In 2001 on BTV, in response to a question whether the police actions that check whether there are drivers sitting behind the wheel after using alcohol and/or drugs

According to him, within the current legislation, it is possible for people with many criminal convictions for violating the Road Traffic Act not to have their driver's licenses revoked.

"I expect there will be criminal proceedings for helping Georgi Semerdzhiev (who caused the accident on Sofia's Cherni Vrah Blvd., in which two girls died)," he also said.

Regarding the migrant pressure at the borders, the minister pointed out: it is intensifying.

In response to a question about whether there are police officers helping human traffickers, the minister said: Evidence of this is currently being gathered.


Regarding vote buying, Demerdzhiev said: We have 19 cases of this and they have been handed over to the prosecutor's office.

We will follow how things move.

Ministry of Interior: Vote-buying checks will continue until the end, there are already 19 pre-trial proceedings


"At the moment, we have no data on whether there are Russian agents in the country. The special services are working on this topic. We also have no data on whether there are such people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs," he added.

"The situation is under control and there will be fair elections, and the results will be objective," said Demerdzhiev.

Ivan Demerdzhiev