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Waiting in vain in court today. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov again failed to appear in court in the defamation lawsuit filed by Maya Manolova against him. Today was the last hearing in the case. A court decision is pending. This became clear on Maya Manolova’s Facebook page after the last hearing in the case.
We remind you that Borissov did not appear at the meeting on February 23, 2021, when it had to become clear whether the Prime Minister or his organizational secretary was lying in his testimony and statements.
“This is not just a private dispute between Maya Manolova and Boyko Borissov. This is a dispute that should restore the citizens’ sense of justice. It is a defamatory statement on national air, a day before the run-off in the local elections in Sofia, personally of the prime minister Borisov, “Manolova said.
“The tip is that the national television in which Borissov made his statement said he could not guarantee that the prime minister was on the recording. Although, the recording is on the television’s official website. There is no democracy and fair elections in this country, but there are no free media, “she added.
“We are not talking about the political damage it caused and how it affected the citizens before the second round. It is a question of whether the court will stand behind the letter of the law and the facts of the case or will succumb to other suggestions,” Manolova said.
Borissov to come in person to the court and say whether he said these words. He went into hiding, hired a large law firm, and the editor-in-chief of PIK testified in his defense in this case. To see how the largest party conducts elections through informants in the headquarters of its opponents, “Manolova added.
“The prime minister joined the mayoral campaign in Sofia with a monstrous lie. What’s worse is that this will continue in this election as well. I expect Borissov to shine again and explain about Roma voices and people harnessed to the underground,” she said.
“It is not clear how the case will end and whether Borissov will take responsibility. My anger is at these brazen people who are crushing the media to the point that a television station is giving up its own recording in its show. Let’s see what kind of people govern us and how they crushed everything – the elections, the court, the media, the freedom and the desire of the people to stand up and express their opinion. People, vote in the next elections so that they don’t make fun of each other anymore, “Manolova urged.
“Borissov did not appear in court to defend his words, proving that they are defamatory and untrue. He chose once again to break the law, as he did in previous local elections. Instead of appearing and respecting the court. and to explain whether he said the words in question, hid behind his witnesses. I hope the court will approach objectively and expose and punish Mr. Borisov for the rude and arrogant behavior that he had not only in the local elections, but continues today. ” , added lawyer Mincho Spasov, who defends Manolova.
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