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KIRIL PETKOV
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Next Wednesday, the Constitutional Court will say whether the decree by which Kiril Petkov was appointed Minister of Economy in the first caretaker government of Stefan Yanev contradicts the basic law, the court reported, quoted by Nova TV. Petkov’s citizenship dispute will be resolved just over two weeks before the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Among the documents sent by the presidency, the ministries of justice and foreign affairs, and by Petkov himself, two are key – his declaration on May 10 that he has only Bulgarian citizenship and a certificate that he has ceased to be a Canadian citizen as of August 20.
At the last sitting of the Constitutional Court, the request of the Minister of Economy to be admitted to personal defense was discussed and rejected. The court reasoned that only persons in certain positions, and in certain cases, could be constituted in cases.
Opinions in the case were provided by a number of lawyers, who differed on the question – from which moment a person loses his citizenship – when he stated it, which is with Petkov on April 21, or from the date when the respective state granted the request of the former Minister of Economy. is August 20th.
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