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The director of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Kyustendil Svetoslav Grigorov will be replaced, and his former deputy Georgi Vanev will take his place.

The reason is that Grigorov held two irregular meetings with representatives of the GERB party

GERB is a center-right populist, conservative and pro-European political party in which occurred before the elections.

This became known during a briefing by Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev

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

He was born in 1975 in Plovdiv.

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"Senior Commissioner Grigorov allowed himself to grossly violate the rules for meetings with political persons and the scheduled order for this. He allowed himself to lie directly to my face that he did not hold such meetings," said Demerdzhiev.

He added that the two representatives of GERB

GERB is a center-right populist, conservative and pro-European political party in which the director has met "quite high-ranking".

After the first case, I asked clearly and precisely if there was a meeting, I wanted to draw attention to the fact that it is not forbidden, but there is a written order in which it should be done in order to have transparency and clarity, the minister pointed out and added that Grigorov did not comply with his instructions.

When asked about the purpose of the meetings, the interior minister refused to answer, but clarified that it was before the parliamentary elections.

Mass changes of police chiefs in Sofia

There is also a change in another regional directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the one in Plovdiv, where, at the request of senior commissioner Dimitar Belchev, due to personal reasons, he will be reappointed, and his place will be taken by his former deputy, Vasil Kostadinov.

Minister Demerdzhiev specified that the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is extremely satisfied with Belchev's work so far.

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Ivan Demerdzhiev

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