site.btaYes, Bulgaria Calls for Clarification of SANS’ Role and Why Interior Ministry Failed to Report a 2022 Signal in Petrohan Case

The involvement of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the reasons why the Interior Ministry did not report a signal submitted in 2022, as well as what action was taken on it, must be established, said Bozhidar Bozhanov, Co-Chair of Yes, Bulgaria, speaking to journalists in Parliament on Friday in connection with the Petrohan-Okolchitsa multiple deaths case.

Bozhanov added that his party had submitted a draft decision requiring all information held by SANS, the Interior Ministry and the prosecuting magistracy, including whether special intelligence means had been used at the lodge, to be provided to the National Assembly and declassified. He said that the majority in two parliamentary committees had refused the previous day to consider the proposal, arguing that they were concealing information because they had something to hide, while his party had nothing to hide and therefore wanted the information to become public.

He further said that they would continue to insist on this, because if the institutions had been able to prevent the suicide and the killing of a child, they should have done so. Yes, Bulgaria was also proposing the establishment of an ad-hoc parliamentary committee to examine the case.

The other Co-Chair of Yes, Bulgaria, Ivaylo Mirchev, said that Interior Minister Daniel Mitov and Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Miroslav Rashkov were avoiding the Petrohan case because they had to disclose sensitive information. According to him, this included the fact that in April and May 2025 the non-governmental ranger organization linked to the case had held joint tactical exercises with police units from the town of Montana.