Draft Decision for Lifelong State Monetary Awards for Bulgarian Musicians Submitted to National Assembly by GERB Deputies

A draft decision for special merits to the Bulgarian state and nation to be granted lifelong state monetary awards in the amount of BGN 500 per month to 107 people and in the amount of BGN 350 per month to another 26 people, deputies from GERB submitted today to the National Assembly. The awards are given for the outstanding achievements of the mentioned musicians and their overall contribution in the field of culture, and the implementation of the decision of the National Assembly is entrusted to the Minister of Culture. The petitioners are Boyko Borisov, Toma Bikov and Denitsa Sacheva from GERB.

For years, there has been a struggle for the granting of these so-called “personal pensions” for prominent cultural figures – mostly musicians, singers, composers, whose work experience and insurance documents had disappeared years ago after a fire in the archives of the Concert Directorate. Thus, they could not document that they worked and provided for themselves.

Among the new recipients of state monetary bonuses in the amount of BGN 500 are Stefka Berova, Yordan Marchinkov, Bogdana Karadocheva, Vasil Naydenov, Hristo Kidikov, Margarita Hranova, Panayot Panayotov, brothers Blagovest and Svetoslav Argirovi, Rositsa Ganeva, Kamelia Todorova, Georgi Hristov, Neli Rangelova, Kristina Dimitrova, Petya Buyuklieva, Krasimir and Violeta Gyulmezovi, Eva Naydenova, Kiril Marichkov and Valdi Totev from “Shturtsite”, Yordan Karadzhov from “Signal”, Mitko Shterev, Iliya Angelov, Georgi Stanchev, Stanislav Slanev (Stanley), Veselin Marinov , Silvia Katsarova, Milcho Katsarov, Veneta Rangelova, Alexander Kiprov, Mimi Ivanova and Razvigor Popov, Rumen Boyadzhiev, Konstantin Tsekov and Ivan Lechev (FSB), Rositsa Kirilova, Bogdan Tomov and many more.

Among the second group – winners of lifetime monetary awards in the amount of BGN 350, are Ivan Tenev, Dariana Genova, Alexander Petrov, Georgi Nachev and others.

Some of the names on the list are of veterans, others are of artists who are still actively performing. During the soca years, all of them were highly valued, especially in Eastern Europe, and successfully promoted the Bulgarian musical genius around the world, note the proponents of the proposal.

The submitted draft decision aims to compensate all persons who worked and exercised their profession as full-time employees of the former State Association “Music”, for which a lack of official documents regarding work experience in the state archives was found, the reasons state. “We propose through the adoption of the decision to grant state monetary awards for special services to the Bulgarian state and nation to express the well-deserved recognition to the musicians and their teams, who glorified the name of Bulgaria around the world,” the proposal also reads.

The lifetime pensions will be granted under the Law on awarding persons for special services to the Bulgarian state and nation, adopted during the time of Vezhdi Rashidov as Minister of Culture. Although in practice it is about pensions, when the law was passed, there were disputes as to how appropriate it is to call these payments without proof of insurance service. Therefore, in the end, it was decided to call the honor “state monetary award”. The law has been used sporadically over the years, and this is the first time it will apply to so many people.

The determined amount is below the minimum pension for length of service and age, which is currently BGN 523.04, and from July 1 it will become BGN 580.57.

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2024-02-29 22:47:50


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