Bulgaria’s SJC Rejects Move to Oust Acting Prosecutor General Sarafov

The Prosecutorial College of the Supreme Judicial Council has declined to remove Borislav Sarafov from his position as Acting Prosecutor General, despite calls from the Justice Ministry to act following a recent Constitutional Court ruling. The development was confirmed by Deputy Justice Minister Tanya Radulovska after the meeting, during which the issue was not formally addressed by Prosecutorial College. Radulovska had earlier argued that the college is obliged to comply with the Constitutional Court’s decision, which, in her interpretation, makes clear that temporary heads of key judicial institutions cannot remain in office indefinitely....