The Plovdiv case is an example of how the Ministry of Interior is being used. The Ministry of Interior can be a very powerful tool in the fight against crime and can seriously change the situation in the country, at the same time the Ministry of Interior can be used to patronize criminal activity and this is unacceptable. For me, it is unacceptable that police officers who seized a record amount of excise goods without a stamp, instead of being encouraged, the leadership checks for five months to put together some version. Why were attempts made to deter them even when they were pursuing traffickers? The actions are now too late and unconvincing. This was stated by former Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev in the program “More from the Day” on BNT.
People should have been swept away in Plovdiv as early as November 2024. This is a signal to society and the system. If we want this system to work, its leadership must send clear signals to it about who they will tolerate and who they will punish. When the people who revealed the crime are in danger, how should this system work and what should we expect?, he emphasized.
I don't see what greater commitment the Minister of the Interior can have than to answer this question that shakes society. The National Assembly had many sensitive questions, but without answering them, we cannot move forward. I hope to hear real arguments from the leadership of the Ministry of Interior, not declarations, Demerdzhiev emphasized.
Isn't it strange that we don't have a Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior? This decapitates the system and blocks it. The task of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior is to professionally manage this system. The Ministry of Interior has not had professional leadership for a long time and is relying on systems, the former Minister of Interior stated.
The Ministry of Interior should belong to the citizens and only respect the law. When the Ministry of Interior is used in a different way, serves other interests, is managed by the shadows, and not by the minister appointed there, we witness ugly phenomena, said Ivan Demerdzhiev, giving the recent elections as an example.