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Parliamentary report on Botas deal goes to Bulgarian and European prosecutors

Yordan Todorov, MP from Vazrazhdane party
Photo: BGNES

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the Anti-Corruption Commission, the Bulgarian and the European prosecutor's office, party leader Kornelia Ninova said. "GERB is trying to cover up corruption in the contract with Botas by not allowing the commission's report, which has serious findings of damage to the Bulgarian state, on the plenary agenda," she reasoned.

Kornelia Ninova
According to the contract, signed by the caretaker cabinet of Galab Donev, the state-owned company Bulgargaz agreed to give Botas access to Bulgarian pipelines.

Earlier today, the Vazrazhdane party submitted a signal to the prosecutor's office, the State Agency for National Security and other state institutions regarding the "scandalous deal between Bulgargaz and Botas", MP Yordan Todorov said. He also said that the party would provide them with the report of the ad hoc parliamentary committee, which was to establish the facts of the deal.

"We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria", on the other hand, submitted a motion to convene an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to consider the report of the temporary commission on the contract between Bulgargaz and Botas. 
"The report contains extremely scandalous facts and revelations that should not remain hidden from the public," said Radoslav Rybarski, a PP-DB deputy. His colleague Martin Dimitrov expressed concern that the Botas document could disappear like the roadmap for the construction of Turkish Stream.



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