The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) will be revised, as nearly BGN 1 billion have gone to only 8 companies in Bulgaria. Some of them are indirectly related to Delyan Peevski. This was stated to „bTV“ by caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov.
He added that a „commission for public control of funds and transparency together with the Financial Control Agency, together with the audit department of the Ministry of Economy“ will be appointed. The aim is to make it clear „how these funds are spent and why by statute and by law this bank should help small businesses„, and in fact the financial unit has sponsored 8 people, 4 of whom are related to each other, and the rest are also „not accidental.“
The first eight loans were worth 946 million, and each of those who received aid received 118 million leva. A serious figure for a very limited number of people. 946 small companies could be financed with a similar amount. Instead, BGN 500 million goes to companies that are under investigation for being linked to Peevski, albeit indirectly.
„How to make an audit in two months, how to replace this supervisory board with people with extensive experience and professionals who understand banking. It turns out that it is not 100% of the Bulgarian state. It is 99.9996%, but 8 shares were held by a commercial bank.„, the caretaker Minister explained the current situation.
He explained that according to the statute, it would take 3 months to change supervision at a general meeting before that, as the unit was not originally wholly owned by the state.
Petkov told of a letter later found in the ministry entrusted to him, in which it was announced that the 8 shares were donated to the state and since Friday it has been the absolute owner of the bank. This facilitates the inspection, which will be undertaken immediately, assured Kiril Petkov.
Outside the eight companies sponsored by BDB, the largest loan granted by it „is to the State Consolidation Company, and below it are all companies that are not related to energy,“ added the caretaker Minister of Economy.
