Bulgaria's president asks constitutional court to rule on special prosecutor role

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code, which envision the appointment of a special prosecutor with the authority to investigate the top ranks of the prosecutor’s office, his office said on February 24. In his court complaint, he said that the new position would breach several key constitutional principles, including the independence of the prosecutor’s office within the judiciary and the principle that all are equal under law. The president’s case pursued the same lines of argument that prompted Radev to veto the amendments bill earlier this month, which Parliament overturned of February 17.
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