The Interdepartmental Council headed by the Minister of Finance will maintain and maintain two “black” lists – of persons for whom there are data that threaten national security, and those related to them, provides a working version of the Law on Measures to Prevent and Protect National Security from risks to the economic and financial system of the country
After checking and analyzing the people on both lists, the funds will have to be frozen immediately – if left, this text is likely to cause another shock in parliament..
Another shock in the coalition and in the parliament foreshadows a draft of the Law on Measures for Prevention and Protection of National Security from Risks to the Economic and Financial System of the State.
Copies of the document were handed out to MPs apocryphally on Thursday. The working texts of the future law, with which the state must respond to the global American “Magnitsky”, are said to have been written by a working group. It included experts from the Ministries of Finance and Justice.
However, no project has been announced on the website of the two “responsible” agencies. It is also missing in the portal for public consultations, an inspection of “24 Chasa” found.
According to the version that accompanies his appearance in various media, including “24 hours”, it is planned that he will be accepted by the cabinet for signature and then sent to parliament.
From the financial Ministry however definitely they denied it
From there they explained that it is possible that some “draft” is circulating, which has not been discussed and prepared for a final decision.
Within a few weeks in the shortest possible time the so-called Bulgarian law “Magnitsky” will be proposed to the deputies – this is how the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Asen Vassilev answered a parliamentary question more than a month ago. The question was then asked by Ivo Atanasov from “There is such a people”.
Background – after the imposition of US sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act on Delyan Peevski, Vasil Bozhkov and Ilko Zhelyazkov
the first officially government of Stefan Yanev announced it was starting work on
Bulgarian law to regulate the consequences of imposing external sanctions.
A special commission then heard the Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the BNB Governor. A working group between the Ministries of Justice and Finance, headed at the time by Yanaki Stoilov and Asen Vassilev, was tasked with preparing such a project.
“Only I can confirmed that there is such a project,
but I can’t comment on it, I haven’t met him, “Yordan Tsonev of the MRF told 24 Chassa on Thursday.
“No project has been discussed or agreed with the ITN,” said Budget Committee Chief Lubomir Karimanski. Coalition for Bulgaria MP Petar Kanev was also succinct: “I have heard that there will be such a project, but I have not seen it.”
The project that 24 Chasa has at its disposal identifies as a risk to the economic and financial system when the following data are available: for activity against interests, which we have undertaken to protect with international agreements, when high-tech financial products are used for criminal purposes, such as payments via the Internet, incl. through cryptocurrencies outside the financial and fiscal control, abuses and fraud in cyberspace, unregulated activity of investment intermediaries, incl. through Internet sites without proper permission,
transfers via the Bulgarian banking system of financial resource
of unidentified / criminal origin or for investing in the economy of the country of such capital. It includes risks to national security and irregularities and abuses in the absorption of EU funds, as well as sanctions imposed by another country.
According to the texts, anyone for whom such data have been collected after verification and analysis is included in a national list adopted by a decision of the Council of Ministers. There will be a second list – of related parties. According to the draft law, the executive authorities, state and municipal enterprises, public enterprises, and the BNB are obliged to implement this law.
From now on, it can be assumed which will be the apple of discord in the discussion of the law in the parliament. The project envisages the bodies that will implement it,
immediately yes take actions for freezing of funds
and other financial resources of the persons included in the national list, as well as those related to them from the second list. It is also envisaged to suspend the implementation of contracts concluded with these people and to prevent future contractual relations with them.
Political parties that are established or run by listed persons will be deprived of state subsidies. If the texts are adopted, the presence in the list will be grounds for an inspection under the Anti-Corruption Act and for confiscation of illegally acquired property.
However, experts suggest that the envisaged measures should not affect the rights of labor, social and health insurance, social assistance, education and the right to protection of persons on the “black list”.
It is envisaged to establish an interdepartmental council as an advisory body to the government headed by the Minister of Finance, and its members will be Deputy Ministers of Justice, Foreign and Interior Affairs, Economy, Deputy NRA and Deputy Chairman of SANS. This council will maintain and maintain both lists – of persons for whom there are data threatening national security, and of those related to them.
The state authorities cannot refuse to provide information to this council on the grounds of banking, trade, state or official secrecy, the draft reads.
On the basis of a reasoned request from the person concerned or at the request of the Council, the Council of Ministers may authorize the exemption from freezing in respect of funds for basic expenses – purchase of foodstuffs, as well as rent, treatment, taxes and utility bills. services, as well as to provide legal protection.
A government decision to add to the list or freeze funds will be available to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court. The term for pronouncing is one month.
The transitional and final provisions of the project specify that the verification and analysis for connectivity is done if the listed natural person is a manager, procurator or liquidator of a company, owns more than 1/3 of the capital of a company included in the list, or is spouse, direct relative – without restrictions, collateral line – up to and including the fourth degree, or matchmaking relative – up to and including the third degree, with a person included in the list.
“Repression is an exclusive right of the state. It is no coincidence, however, that it is far removed from political entities as an exclusive right of the judiciary,” said a financier who requested anonymity.
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