site.btaLecheva and Kostadinova Discuss BOC Issues, Agree to Meet Again on April 23

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margarita Zlatareva — Chair of the Bulgarian Sport Arbitration (BSA) with the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), former Constitutional Court judge, former Supreme Court judge, university lecturer, and Doctor of Law with a

Acting Bulgarian Olympic Committee President Stefka Kostadinova said that she will fully comply with the court's decision after it was alerted with three complaints against the decisions of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) General Assembly on March 19, where Olympic shooting medallist Vesela Lecheva was elected as the new BOC president.

On Wednesday, all Bulgarian news media cover that the National Assembly reinstated the parliamentary group of the Morality, Unity Honour (MECh) party.

According to a ruling by the Sofia City Court, acting Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) President Stefka Kostadinova cancelled her order from March 19 and instructed the unsealing of the BOC premises located at 4 Angel Kanchev Street in Sofia. Thus, the ongoing BOC activities will be resumed, the BOC said. On March 19, employees of the Ministry of Interior sealed the BOC offices at Kostadinova's request, who on the same day lost the BOC President elections to Vesela Lecheva.

Olympic shooting medallist Vesela Lecheva was elected Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) President after a secret ballot at the General Assembly of the organization on March 19, defeating world high jump champion Stefka Kostadinova by 48:33 votes. Kostadinova had led the BOC since 2005 and was seeking to be re-elected for a sixth consecutive term. Despite Lecheva’s election as BOC President, the procedure for electing a new BOC leadership is far from complete.

Olympic shooting medalist Vesela Lecheva was elected on Bulgarian Olympic Committee President on Wednesday after a secret ballot. She bested world high jump champion Stefka Kostadinova, the previous BOC head, by 48:33 votes.