This is a document with many readings. The EC report came out first, followed by the EP resolution on the rule of law in Bulgaria. Constitutional Judge Atanas Semov described the report on “bTV” as a „slap“. According to him, the slaps should come with political assessments and words, and the officials from Brussels have done so twice this week.
„What we saw and heard was that Bulgaria was disgraced. Europe has long seen and understood, but it is now ready to act.“
Our country should be most worried about the finding of a „relapse“, Semov said. According to him, Bulgaria has been in the EU for 14 years and since then has received reports from the European Commission with specific and clear criticism, and so far has done nothing. According to him, this is the most alarming finding in the report.
The authorities in our country are constantly lying to their citizens and Europe about changes, reforms and progress, the constitutional judge claims. According to him, the report cannot solve the problems in the country, but clearly encourage their solution. Semov added that in our country there is a struggle over who should manage corruption, not who should fight it.
The Bulgarian justice system employs extremely high-quality and honest people, as well as those who do everything possible to hinder it in some cases, the expert explained, adding that the question is not „who“ but „why„.
„There are political and legal mechanisms that allow this and we know some of them. We know how it is possible to selectively check some signals of corruption and not notice others. Some records and photos are selectively checked and others are not. These are problems that Brussels sees and on which it makes a perfectly clear diagnosis – incompatible with the European value system.“
It is inadmissible for this report to pass quietly like a desert and „sink into the smoke of the jeep„, Semov stressed and pointed out that we must show a will of intolerance to atrocities. According to him, this is what separates us most from Europe.
„The European Parliament’s resolution is both a slap in the face and a hope – support for European normality in Bulgaria and it is time to return to it.“
