Ministers in Jail? May be – in Some Other Life

Ministers in Jail? May be – in Some Other Life
Ñíèìêà: Valentin Dimitrov has already put to use the Law on Amnesty and is peacefully playing tennis, instead of doing time behind the bars

The scandalous law adopted months before the general election makes impossible charging officials on whatever crimes committed before July 1, 2008. Unless committed under intoxication or if in result of those… someone is dead!

 Vessislava Tancheva | 10.08.2009 14:25

The Law on the Amnesty was adopted by the previous National Assembly on March 26 and entered into effect on April 22, 2009. It in fact frees from guilt all officials who have committed malfeasance before July 1, 2008, including power misuse, exceeding of rights, and non-performance. The scandalous law, on which Bulgaria News has already reported, consists of all in all 2 pages, where in 4 articles, 3 sections, and a total of 13 paragraphs, amnesty is declared for all breaches punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment committed before July 1, 2008. Exceptions are only admitted for perpetrations committed under intoxication or if resulting in hard injury or death. The law even rules that in case belongings or money would happen to be confiscated in the process of such a case, those should be returned to rightful claimants. The following paragraph mercifully enables Themis to treat such crimes as administrative breaches and seek administrative responsibility from the amnestied.

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