"I feel lied to. Because in this case it is not about the fact that some institutions have broken the law. The question is much more difficult. The point is that if this happens, it casts a stain on absolutely everyone," said in "The Day Begins" Acting Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov, quoted by novini.bg.
Regarding the scheme to drain the theaters, Minister Naydenov specified that additional things were discovered, which will be handed over to the investigative authorities.
"We found it wasn't just about draining wages. There are games with companies to which hundreds of thousands of BGN have flowed in.
What these companies were doing is currently under investigation. Without the support of the schemes from the Ministry of Culture, it can happen, "but without a person in the Ministry of Culture - it cannot".
"What I am trying to say is that the funding system and more specifically SEBRA requires a person from the ministry to confirm the payments. At this time, we do not know to what extent this person or persons acted negligently or intentionally.
This is the reason why they called the Chief Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture to join the Ministry of Culture.
Minister Naydenov specified that he already knows who is the person in MK who "presses the button" and that it is not just one, but two. Their explanations are that there are too many payments from the various institutes, and too few people who are responsible for it - their number is five.
"The task of the inspection is exactly this - to establish whether there is intent. There will be punishment in all cases. The reason why disciplinary proceedings have not been initiated so far is to find out what the reason is. Because the reaction will be extremely different".
According to him, the Ministry of Culture has long been deprived of control functions in Bulgaria.
"The ministry has been turned into some kind of institution with supporting functions. At the same time, its control functions have been usurped by law, and it is high time the law returned to where it was in the past.
He has proposed changing the system, "this system that is currently lying to everyone".
"This process must be expedited to end such crimes".
Nayden Todorov asked, if the crimes were known with a retroactive date, why was the prosecutor's office not notified.
"Are you waiting for the prosecution to come to you?".
Regarding the director of the theater in Pazardzhik, the caretaker minister pointed out that the Ministry of Culture was not inactive and that the director's reaction was a consequence of MK checks on him.