The court temporarily suspended Geshev’s defamation case against Atanas Slavov

The Sofia District Court temporarily suspended the defamation case against the former chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev against the former Minister of Justice and current Member of Parliament Atanas Slavov. The reason is that Slavov has parliamentary immunity, BTA reported.

At today’s meeting, which was closed to journalists, the i.f. had to appear as a witness. chief prosecutor Borislav Sarafov, but he did not come, as he was on a planned business trip to Pernik. Judge Vladislava Tsarigradska was also called as a witness, but she also did not appear.

Lawyer Zlatka Ivanova explained to the media that her client Atanas Slavov has asked the court to continue the casebut the activity of the National Assembly does not provide for the possibility of lifting parliamentary immunity in cases of a private nature, but only in those of a general nature.

According to her, Slavov is not worried about this case, since his remarks against Ivan Geshev in relation to Martin Bojanov were based on the statement of the i.f. chief prosecutor Borislav Sarafov.

Lawyer Ivanova also added that classified materials were received in the case from the National Security Service (NSS), as well as a response from the First Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sofia that they do not have information submitted by Ivan Geshev’s security that he is being followed.

Ivan Geshev commented to the media that “there is confirmed information that I am being tracked by persons related to Martin Bojanov – the Notary. It is labeled “classified information”, which is why the case was closed to journalists. So much for how well I know the Notary and how much I’m related to him”.

According to him, the NSOs have confirmed the specific information, as well as a report from an MIA official at that time is attached. Geshev clarified that it is was monitored during the period when he was the Deputy Prosecutor General.