Former Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Maya Manolova has officially stepped into office as the new Ombudsman of Bulgaria. She took over the position from outgoing ombudsman Konstantin Penchev, who has been elected to become judge in the Constitutional Court of this country. At the official ceremony Maya Manolova said that the Ombudsman was the last hope for justice to ordinary Bulgarians and vowed to make institutions and state bureaucrats work for the people.