Former People's Party leader Kiril Petkov and Yes Bulgaria co-chairman Bozhidar Bozhanov face criminal charges after prosecutors submitted indictments to Sofia City Court on Tuesday. Bulgarian National Radio confirmed the filing. Petkov faces accusations of attempting to coerce former Electronic Governance Minister Alexander Yolovski from the Denkov cabinet, but Bozhanov stands accused of violating classified information laws as minister and contracting authority for public procurement.
The defendants disclosed the charges through social media posts after the prosecution kept the Oct. 1 filing quiet. Petkov claimed the action represents political repression ordered by Delyan Peevski. He wrote on Facebook that Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov filed the indictment quietly after Peevski threatened to destroy them. Petkov said authorities cannot imprison all free Bulgarians, and he expressed no fear of what he called a captured judicial structure.
The defendants disclosed the charges through social media posts after the prosecution kept the Oct. 1 filing quiet. Petkov claimed the action represents political repression ordered by Delyan Peevski. He wrote on Facebook that Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov filed the indictment quietly after Peevski threatened to destroy them. Petkov said authorities cannot imprison all free Bulgarians, and he expressed no fear of what he called a captured judicial structure.
