site.btaIvan Demerdzhiev Was Very Good Interior Minister, President Radev Says

President Rumen Radev weighed in Friday on the charges filed earlier in the day against former caretaker interior minister Ivan Demerdzhiev, who is charged with mismanagement involving nearly BGN 1.5 million. According to the prosecuting magistracy, the alleged crime took place on June 2, 2023, while Demerdzhiev was still in office.

"Mr. Ivan Demerdzhiev was a very good interior minister, and I have no doubt he will defend himself properly against these attacks," Radev said.

"I get the sense it will be hard to forgive him for bringing attention to the case involving the Plovdiv police officers, a case that was brutally silenced in Parliament with thumbs down, as if it were not a legislative body but a gladiator arena," the President added.