The author of the important bill for changes in the Law on the Ministry of Interior Bozhidar Bojanov from Democratic Bulgaria expressed his opinion in a post on Facebook after today’s meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation. He is adamant that there must be reform and not just in words and good intentions. Here’s what else Bojanov pointed out:
“Today, the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation discussed our proposals for 1) the introduction of centralized competitions for civil servants, as well as shared services and 2) changes in pay in the Ministry of Interior.
On item 2 it was clear that there was no consensus. However, all agreed that there must be reform in the Ministry of Interior. I asked that we should not be left with the eternal “we need reform”, which has been repeated for years, but there is none.
However, under the Civil Servant Law, almost identical texts were already part of the law in 2016 and the tripartite unanimously approved them then. I did not get an answer today as to why, 9 years later, only AICB and BIA have maintained their position of principled support for the centralised competition, which is a brake on the most inadequate political appointments.
There is no official answer to the question “why were they cancelled” but what is striking is that they were cancelled shortly after the 2019 local elections. Perhaps some mayors wanted to appoint party cronies to municipalities who were not going to pass simple tests of basic knowledge and skills.
Worse impressed was the view of the Council of Ministers Administration who denied reforms that the Council of Ministers Administration itself had supported for many years.
Reforms in the administration and in the Ministry of Interior are necessary for the state to be adequate to the expectations of society and remain our priorities.”
