Court Removes Key Figure from Regional Directorate of Interior Ministry in Pazardzhik

Less than a month after the personnel changes in the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry in Pazardzhik, the court removed Chief Inspector Alexander Semerdzhiev from his position.

This was reported by sources from GlasNews.

The official is part of the "Internal Security" directorate and has already been charged as a defendant in a case involving a general crime.

We remind that in mid-March Semerdzhiev was seconded to the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry in Pazardzhik with a specific task – to assist in activities aimed at countering crimes against citizens' electoral rights, including practices such as vote buying.

With a court ruling in Velingrad, issued on Thursday, the magistrates found that there was a risk he could influence witnesses or other persons involved in the case if he continued to perform his official duties.

For this reason, a decision was taken to remove him from office until the completion of the criminal proceedings. The ruling is subject to appeal to a higher judicial authority within a three-day period.

Source: glasnews.bg