site.btaPresident’s Office Rejects Blame over Interior Ministry Leadership Gap

The President’s Office on Friday rejected responsibility for the lack of professional leadership at the Interior Ministry. “The presidential institution has not received a written proposal to coordinate the appointment of a Secretary General of the Interior Ministry,” the press secretariat said.

Regarding claims by GERB’s leader that “we do not have a Secretary General [of the Interior Ministry] because Radev has not approved one,” the press secretariat said the presidential institution had not received a written proposal to coordinate the appointment of a Secretary General in accordance with the Rules of Organization of the Council of Ministers.

Earlier in the day, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said the Interior Ministry does not have a Secretary General because Radev refuses to approve an appointee. "Let [Prime Minister Rosen] Zhelyazkov say if he has proposed a new secretary general," Borissov added.