Bulgaria: Interim Government Accuses Prosecutor General of Blocking Vote-Buying Investigations

Bogdan Hofbauer

At an emergency briefing, Bulgaria ’s acting Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov and senior ministers accused the Prosecutor General’s office of obstructing efforts to combat vote-buying ahead of the elections , escalating tensions between institutions responsible for overseeing the electoral process. Officials said they were “ alarmed ” that the prosecution service was repeatedly failing to act on evidence gathered by law enforcement, despite what they described as extensive police operations