GERB declared support for Ivaylo Ivanov: Try to win the elections honestly

The GERB-UDF group in the Sofia Municipal Council defended the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior Ivaylo Ivanov, who was appointed director of the Sofia Inspectorate. This became clear in a position sent to the media by municipal councilors. According to them, he was fired for political reasons, not because of police violence.

“We call for an end to attempts at demonization, no matter that we are already in an election campaign. Let everyone tried to win the election honestly by showing what he has achieved and what he can do “, write the GERB group in SOS and continue:

” Let it be clear – we from GERB-UDF condemn the police violence, we find inadmissible what we saw on the records under the columns of the Council of Ministers. Such manifestations have no place in a civilized society. They must be prosecuted with the full force of law by the competent authorities. ”

They also add that they do not accept the attempts “to attribute the illegal actions of several police officers to the political opponent, in this case GERB”, and recall that what happened was was “subject to checks and inspections”

“There are court proceedings and lawsuits, there was even a parliamentary committee, there is women punishments, and there was enough time for these punishments to be replaced by more severe ones, if the caretaker government, which has been in power for 6 months, decides. After his political dismissal, neither the investigative bodies, nor even the parliamentary commission had the claims to seek responsibility or any complicity of Ivaylo Ivanov in the violence of uniformed men towards detainees “, the position of the GERB-UDF group in SOS reads.

“The democratic right of everyone to protest is not just respected by the mayor of Sofia, but under her leadership huge efforts are being made by Sofia Municipality to provide the most adequate opportunities to exercise this right. No matter who protests, against whom or what challenges to the normal functioning of the city this creates. Inadequate political accusation is that it does not respect the rules, laws and rights of citizens “, added the municipal councilors and concluded:

” The municipal councilors from GERB-UDF and the mayor Fandakova have in order to organize the city. This happens through the creation of quality regulations, with the improvement of the control systems in the municipality, the municipal enterprises and the municipal companies and last but not least the observance of the rules in our city. The Metropolitan Inspectorate has a huge role to play in this process and it is not surprising that a person with serious administrative experience and knowledge in the field of law and order has been sought for its director. “

Days Earlier, the municipal councilors from “Democratic Bulgaria” insisted on the immediate cancellation of the appointment of the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior Ivaylo Ivanov as head of the Sofia Inspectorate.

“The appointment would not be so scandalous, if it were not for his role in the brutal beatings of citizens during last year’s protests against the corrupt government of GERB and the dictatorship of the prosecution of Ivan Geshev, “said a statement from the municipal officials of” Democratic Bulgaria “.

The group of socialists in the SOC also reacted with indignation to the appointment.

. It requires expertise, which the newly appointed Ivaylo Ivanov, who was recently fired from the post of Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, does not have, “said BSP-Sofia Chairman Kaloyan Pargov.” I am surprised by the personnel policy of Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. This appointment shows that the lack of staff for the administration in Sofia Municipality is a very big problem. This explains a number of weaknesses in its activities. “, He pointed out.