Bulgarian MPs Target Water Holding Leadership Amid Rising Prices and Governance Concerns

MPs from We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (WCC-DB) have called for the resignation of the head of Bulgaria’s state-owned Water and Sewerage Holding, citing concerns over rising water prices and potential conflicts of interest within the company’s management. Bozhidar Bozhanov, Deputy Floor Leader of the WCC-DB parliamentary group, pointed to Irena Georgieva-Deneva, an executive member of the Holding’s Management Board, who is married to Denyo Denev, acting chair of the State Agency for National Security (SANS). Bozhanov warned that the concentration of influence over both water infrastructure and national security within one family raises serious governance and accountability issues....