/ world today news/ I am convinced that the amendments to the constitution that we propose can be accepted by the Ordinary National Assembly. Those who are based on decision 3 of the Constitutional Court have no basis. Even if it goes to the Grand National Assembly, those who want it, I am sure, will demand an Ecumenical Council. If the changes to the constitution are not accepted in the first reading, the judicial reform will then be frozen. It is not currently frozen.
This was stated by the Minister of Justice Hristo Ivanov to BNT. On the occasion of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov‘s request during today’s session of the Court of Justice to speed up the criminal proceedings and to increase the powers of the prosecutor’s office, Ivanov stated that he does not accept this as criticism. “We talked about the need to review the criminal procedure,” he commented.
When asked if what Borisov said was a criticism of him, Ivanov emphasized that “speculations should not be made”. The judicial power is one third of the state power and very serious reforms are needed, he said.
Boyko Borisov’s words that “we need to shorten the judicial process and if we do judicial reform this should be the basis” and the recommendations that Ivanov should not wait for what the prosecutor’s office will write, but sit down and formulate the texts for the judicial law himself, Ivanov stated that the changes in the court law are not postponed for September. The changes to the constitution are currently being discussed in the National Assembly, and this is extremely important for judicial reform, the Minister of Justice said. Discussions are ongoing on changes to the Judiciary Act.
Ivanov denied having serious differences with the chief prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov and stated that they talk, discuss, even text each other. Tsatsarov leads a difficult institution, with many accumulated workloads, the minister said.
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