Who Is Right in the War of Bulgaria’s Government Branches?
“They Let Them Go!” “We capture them, and they let them go!” has become a catch phrase in Bulgaria in the last few years. The quote, expectedly, belongs to current Prime Minister Boyko Borisov but it dates back to his term as Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry (2001-2005). It means that the police are toiling to do their job well enough in order to put top gangsters behind bars only to see them released on bail, live happily as their trials drag on forever, or enjoy ridiculous sentences. This rather succinct but powerful criticism of the Bulgarian judiciary is justified and unjustified at the same time. It is justified in that it does point to huge issues existing in the Bulgarian judicial system. But at the same time it fails to account for roughly as big and rather similar issues in the Interior Ministry structures. Yet, to most Bulgarians it must make a lot of sense as Borisov’s image as a fearless cop grew immensely even though during his term Bulgaria saw a peak of ugly gang
