There is an ongoing check by the Sofia Appellate Prosecution Office regarding how pre-trial proceedings for the so-called "gold bars" case were terminated on May 10, Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev told BTA on Saturday. He said that this case shows that the myth that the prosecutor general in Bulgaria is omnipotent is a political attack and does not correspond to the legal regulations in the country.
Geshev explained that he learned about the termination of the pre-trial proceedings from a media publication. He added that there is no legal regulation that imposes an obligation to inform the prosecutor general about such actions. “Borislav Sarafov was serving as prosecutor general at the time when the pre-trial proceedings were terminated, because I was in the US back then" Geshev said.
He added that he is not familiar with the case, and there is no legal obligation for him to be familiar with it, except when there is an inquiry from the European Parliament. “As far as I know, the case was placed under the special supervision of the Sofia Appellate Prosecution Office and the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office”, Geshev also said.
The Prosecutor General denied that there was any unregulated influence on the prosecutors overseeing the case and said he fully trusts all Bulgarian prosecutors and magistrates.
The “Gold Bars” case was initiated in mid-2020 after a set of photos were anonymously released to the media. They showed GERB leader and ex-prime minister Boyko Borissov asleep in his bedroom at the governmental Boyana Residence with a gun on his nightstand and a drawer full of bundles of EUR 500 banknotes and gold bars.
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