/ world today news/ The fact that after two months of governance, the administration of the Metropolitan Municipality is acting like a fire brigade, write the socialists in response to the invitation for a new date for the first meeting of the SOS on January 15th, instead of the 25th, is worrying. as decided at the session on 11.01.2024.
In the Capital Municipality, incompetence and management chaos reign. This opinion is expressed by the municipal councilors from the Local Coalition group “BSP for Bulgaria” in response to the invitation to hold a meeting on January 15th at 2:00 p.m. “The fact that after two months of administration, the administration of the Metropolitan Municipality is acting like a fire brigade is worrying,” they also claim.
The notice that the Metropolitan Municipal Council should meet on Monday was sent to the e-mail of the chairman of the BSP – Sofia and the group of socialists in the SOS Ivan Takov on January 12th after 5:00 p.m. It makes it clear that “at the suggestion of Mrs. Greti Stefanova, the municipal council should meet on 15.01.2024, given the deadline for accepting project proposals under Procedure BG – RRP-4.023 “Support for sustainable energy renovation of the housing building fund – stage II”, which expires on 16.01.2024″. In the same email, a document named “report” was attached and confirmation of the presence of the municipal councilors was requested.
“In order to implement the specific project with a deadline of 16.01.2024, information is submitted to the mayor of the Sofia municipality on 12.01.2024. The regulations are not known, management chaos reigns and a lack of competence is evident, the socialists also wrote in their response – The attempt to once again direct the problem to the Metropolitan Municipal Council is also an attempt to conceal from the public the impotence of the first political force in the SOS to achieve a majority for the management of the city”.
The letter with a response to the invitation to the SOS meeting on January 15th was sent today by Ivan Takov to the e-mails of all SOS municipal councilors.
The “BSP for Bulgaria” Group is adamant that they will present their position at the meeting on Monday, if the legally required quorum is present for its holding.
Here is the full text of the letter of the municipal councilors from the Local Coalition “BSP for Bulgaria” in response to the invitation to hold a meeting of the SOS on Monday, January 15th:
Dear colleagues!
On 12.01.2024, after 5:00 p.m., we received an email from Adelina Raykova, informing us that “… on the proposal of Mrs. Greti Stefanova, the municipal council should meet on 15.01.2024, given the deadline for acceptance of project proposals under Procedure BG – RRP-4.023 “Support for sustainable energy renovation of the residential building stock – stage II”, which expires on 16.01.2024″ A document named “report” is attached with the same email and is required by Mrs. Raykova confirmation of the presence of the municipal councilors, sent to the emails of Mrs. Stefanova and Mrs. Stanislava Stoyanova-SOS.
In connection with the above, we express the following position:
At the meeting on 11.01.2024, we unanimously agreed that the same should continue on 25.01.2024, in order to reach an agreement between the political forces represented in the SOS for the election of a chairman, an absolute procedural prerequisite for starting in substance and in fulfillment of Art. 21, para. 1 of the ZMSMA, on the work of the municipal council. There is no obstacle for the SOS to meet at an earlier date, if the legal quorum is present and the proposal is made by a municipal councilor. Once again, the administration of the Mayor of SO is acting unprofessionally. The e-mail sent is from his employee, who imputes an “obligation” of the municipal councilors (what the expression “follows” implies) to gather at a meeting, reducing to us the will of the “presiding”, by virtue of the law, SOS – Ms. Stefanova . A sign of unprofessionalism and disrespect that has been imposed in recent months by the representatives of PP-DB-SS in the municipal council.
On the other hand, at the moment there is no information that an agreement has been reached on the election of the chairman of the SOS, as well as on the constitution and structuring of the standing committees of the SOS, which is a mandatory condition for considering reports from the municipal council.
Until the adoption of a new Regulation on the organization and activity of the Metropolitan Municipal Council (MOC), the current one, last amended and supplemented by Decision No. 159 under Protocol No. 50 of 24.03.2022, shall apply. Pursuant to Art. 69, para. 1 of the PODSOS, to the motivated report of the submitter, containing justification, including an assessment of the necessary financial and other resources for the implementation of the decision, as well as an assessment of the impact of the implementation of the proposed decision, a draft decision must also be attached, as is missing from the submitted document .
The provisions of Art. 70-Art. 78 incl. of PODSOS exhaustively regulate the procedure for consideration and acceptance of reports in the SOS, namely: their distribution for consideration by the permanent committees by the chairman of the SOS, designation of a leading committee by the chairman of the SOS, drawing up an opinion on the report of the leading committee, inclusion of the report in the agenda of the meeting of the municipal council by the chairman of the SOS.
According to Art. 79 of the PODSOS, the materials included in the agenda of the SOS are compiled as follows: draft decision, report of the proposer, report of the leading committee and all opinions received, as well as other documents, when necessary, in connection with the project of a decision.
As can be seen from the above, on the one hand, the document proposed for consideration is not structured in a meaningful way, according to the requirements of the current regulations, because there is no draft decision, and on the other hand, it cannot be considered by the SOS until the chairman and standing committees are elected. respectively, without the opinion of a leading committee determined by the chairman of the SOS. In this sense, the announced agenda of the meeting on 15.01.2024 appears to be in violation of PODSOS and its possible implementation would lead to the adoption of an illegal decision with materialized harmful consequences for third parties, such as in this case the potential beneficiaries of the financial grant help on the European project.
In essence, regarding the application for the project and the authorization of the regional mayors by the mayor of the municipality to participate as a grant administrator and lead partner in the procedures for providing funds to final recipients, a decision of the municipality is not necessary, unless in the project independent buildings whose sole owner is the Metropolitan Municipality are not included in the proposals. Only in this hypothesis is a decision of the SOS necessary, in accordance with the provision of Art. 21, para. 1, item 8 of the PDSOS, according to which the municipal council adopts decisions on the acquisition, management and disposal of municipal property and determines the specific powers of the mayor of the municipality and the mayors of districts and town halls.
In the content of the presented document, no data on the presence of municipal objects in the project proposals can be found, which substantiates the conclusion that a decision of the SOS is not required for the authorization of the regional mayors in this sense.
According to Art. 44, para. 1 of the ZMSMA, the Mayor of the municipality directs all the executive activities of the municipality, organizes the implementation of the tasks arising from the laws and acts of the Council of Ministers, as well as assigns the performance of his functions to the mayors of the town halls and regions. Pursuant to the cited legal provisions, the Mayor of the City of Societies can, in this capacity, without the sanction of the municipal council, perform the functions of BFP administrator and leading partner in the project or authorize the relevant district mayors to do so. The latter will act by virtue of the authorization and in fulfillment of the provision of Art. 46, para. 1, item 12 of the ZMSMA.
In conclusion, the fact that after two months of administration, the CO administration is acting like a fire brigade is worrying. For the implementation of the specific project with a deadline of 16.01.2024, information is submitted to the mayor of the municipality of 12.01.2024. The regulations are not known, management chaos reigns and a lack of competence is evident. The attempt, once again, to direct the problem to the municipal council, in addition to everything said in the previous sentence, is also an attempt to conceal from the public the impotence of the first political force in the SOS to achieve a majority for governing the city.
We, the councilors from MK “BSP for Bulgaria” will present the current position at a meeting on 15.01.2024, if the legally required quorum is present.
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