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It is time to free Bulgaria from the feeling that there are irreplaceable people to whom power rightfully belongs and they have grown together with the chairs – this was stated by President Rumen Radev in the village of Runya, quoted by the press office of the head of state in response to journalistic questions. the change of staff at management levels in the executive branch.
Radev said that during his rule, Boyko Borissov carried out a “pogrom of the entire administration, the security services”, as hundreds, thousands of people were thrown out to appoint others. “Last year, more than 50 people were released in SANS alone. Then these questions had to be asked,” the president said.
Asked to assess the first days of work of the caretaker government, he said that “statehood is beginning to return to Bulgaria”, and this is the most important task for ministers. “Bulgarians must be convinced that there is a strengthening of the statehood, that normalcy is returning. Two months is too short a period to do important things, but I am convinced that the people in this cabinet will do everything possible. Bulgarians to feel it “, added the head of state.
The caretaker cabinet is obliged, where it can, to shed light on the way Bulgaria has been governed, Radev said when asked if the caretaker government would take a stand on the signals received in the so-called Audit Committee of the 45th National Assembly. “We need to clarify the concept of ‘audit’ – this is a legally established procedure with a clear methodology. For two months it is absolutely naive to think that an audit can be done for 10 years of management,” said Rumen Radev, but added that cases where violations of the law and corrupt practices are identified must be both shown and investigated. “
“The sudden urge of Mr. Ananiev to write to a hero who defends the heads of agencies from dismissal with his body is more than comical” – this is how the President answered a question about the allegations of the former Minister of Finance Kiril Ananiev, who announced yesterdaythat when he was acting Minister of Finance in Rumen Radev’s cabinet in 2017, the President ordered him to replace the directors of the National Revenue Agency and the Customs Agency.
“Every monument is a witness of its time. I am against the removal of monuments,” said Rumen Radev, who was asked to comment on requests to dismantle the Soviet Army Monument in Sofia.
In the village of Runya Radev participated in the ceremony of unveiling and consecration of the monument to the villagers who died in the wars of Bulgaria. Later today, at the Dryanovo Monastery, the president will take part in a solemn ceremony marking the 145th anniversary of the April Epic.
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