site.btaMECh Leader Expects Further Division in DRF, Says Its Members Are under Pressure

Morality, Unity, Honour (MECh) Floor Leader Radostin Vasilev argued that Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) - New Beginning Floor Leader Delyan Peevski "is ready to do anything to split other projects". Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, he commented on Dzhevdet Chakarov's decision to step down as MRF Co-Chair and to leave the Democracy, Rights and Freedoms (DRF) - MRF parliamentary group.

Vasilev added that as of Wednesday he expects more division in the DRF, the MRF faction behind Ahmed Dogan, as Vasilev is sure that breach in the parliamentary group is not limited only to its former floor leader Chakarov.

The MECh leader said that the prosecution service "is currently used in the most brazen way to attack those who are dissenting" and highlighted the news, broken earlier on Tuesday by the Capital weekly, that Chakarov's son has been indicted by the Sofia City Court on May 22.

The aforementioned Capital article states the following: "Dzhevdet Chakarov's move to Peevski's camp came clearly under pressure. A pre-trial order of the Sofia City Court makes it clear that his son Sami Chakarov is a defendant in pre-trial proceedings led by the Counter-Corruption Commission and the Sofia City Prosecution Office. [...] There have been seizures".