The reasons for the proposal to dismiss Chief Commissioner Petar Todorov from the post of Secretary General of the Interior Ministry are entirely political, and this is a continuation of the purge that the government is carrying out in this institution.
This became clear from the position of the Presidency in relation to the request for the dismissal of the Secretary General of the Department, initiated by Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov. We’d like to publish the full text of the press release without editorial intervention:
„In connection with the questions raised about the proposal submitted to the presidential institution for the dismissal of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, we would like to state the following position:
The motives for the proposal to dismiss Chief Commissioner Petar Todorov from the post of Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior are entirely political, and this a continuation of the full-scale purge in this institution.
The above-mentioned arguments about the lack of organization and control over the activities of the Ministry of Interior are in sharp contradiction with the Reports on the activities of the Ministry of Interior for 2022 and the first half of 2023 of the Ministry of Interior itself. In its own reports, the MoI reported better results in terms of both registered and detected crimes.
However, the demand for the dismissal of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior completely overlaps with the record of the party meeting of „We Continue the Change“ in May this year, where the dismissals in the security system are motivated by the goal, which states that „the local elections will be with our Ministry of Interior“.
Bulgarian citizens and the media can request and familiarize themselves with the Reports on the activity of the Ministry of the Interior for 2022 and the first half of 2023, in which the professional activity of the institution is evaluated on the basis of specific data and statistical indicators. Thus, they will be able to assess for themselves what is the real reason for the request to dimiss the Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior.
The Head of State believes that the dismissal of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior at this time will only serve interests other than those of the public.“
