site.btaMRF-New Beginning Leader Peevski Refers Threats by Vazrazhdane Leader to Prosecution Service

Leader of MRF - New Beginning Delyan Peevski has filed with the prosecution service an alert against Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov over threats, the party press centre of MRF - New Beginning said on Thursday. "The calls for violence and taking the law into one's own hands, the escalation of public tension, the aggressive hate speech used by Kostadinov as chairman of a political party are contrary to European democratic standards, and the competent authorities must establish whether they constitute an offence under the Penal Code," the statement reads.

Kostadinov's systematic abuse of access to publicity in Parliament and through the media in the National Assembly may be due to the loss of electoral support and dependencies, but it cannot go without consequences in a European state governed by the rule of law, the statement reads further.

Earlier on Thursday, Kostadinov commented on the rejected proposal of MRF - New Beginning that Parliament debate on the request by Acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov that four MPs of Vazrazhdane be stripped of their immunity: “If I were in Peevski’s position, I’d be seriously concerned about my safety. I see he’s taking measures already, because perhaps what awaits him will make his experience in Dubai feel like a light massage at a spa resort.” 

It was not immediately clear what the "Dubai experience" referred to, but a search with "Peevski", "Dubai", and "security" on the web yields many media stories based on hearsay and speculation about Peevski being beaten up by Russian-speaking attackers in Dubai in 2021.