site.btaSupreme Judicial Council Prosecutors Chamber to Consider Justice Minister's Proposal to Impose Disciplinary Penalty on Sarafov

The Prosecutors Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday to review a proposal by caretaker Justice Minister Andrey Yankulov to initiate disciplinary proceedings aimed at imposing a disciplinary penalty on Borislav Sarafov, who was serving as acting Prosecutor General at the time the proposal was submitted, according to the agenda published on the Chamber's webpage. 

The Minister’s proposal was put forward at the end of March and is based on five specific circumstances. Yankulov said that the actions and inactions of the de facto acting Prosecutor General constituted serious disciplinary violations, demanding the imposition of the most severe disciplinary penalty, namely dismissal from office.

According to Evgeni Ivanov, chair of the disciplinary committee under the SJC Prosecutors Chamber, the proposal is admissible. He noted that it had been submitted by a minister, regardless of Sarafov’s current status, concerns a magistrate, and there is no reason for it not to be considered.

On April 22, Sarafov resigned as acting Prosecutor General in a statement published on the prosecution service's website. Later in the day, the SJC Prosecutors Chamber decided to designate deputy prosecutor general Vanya Stefanova acting prosecutor general. The decision may be appealed within 14 days.