This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by the Chief Executive Officer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria Petar Ivanov.
The reason for his comment is the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, which caused a huge scandal after the names of Vasil Bozhkov, Delyan Peevski and Ilko Zhelyazkov were published on the website of the US Treasury Department last Wednesday.
The idea of Magnitsky is to find all the people ourselves. We don’t need someone else to do our job. The idea is to change our justice system, to wake up from what we are experiencing. We cannot build a democratic society without the rule of law “This is unthinkable. Democracy is also meaningless,” Ivanov added.
According to him, “the idea is for the sanctions to work – that’s why they are announced by the US government.”
“Speculation is not important. It is important to wake up from this slumber in which we have fallen – to think that things are good when they are not good. These sanctions are to make changes, something to happen in our “We like to know everyone and nothing happens – this is our national characteristic,” Ivanov said.
The reading is very sad for all of us, summed up Petar Ivanov.
“It is clear to the whole society what corruption is – you do not need to read the Penal Code to understand,” Ivanov said.
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