SJC dismisses judge Denitsa Urumova

Ana Mihova

Yesterday, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) dismissed the daughter of the judge of the Supreme Administrative Court, Nikolay Urumov - Denitsa Urumova from her position as a junior judge in the Blagoevgrad District Court. Thus, she became the first magistrate leaving the system as a result of the scandal over a real estate in the town of Primorsko last year.

The Council decided that Urumova had damaged the prestige of the judiciary while disgracing the honor of the profession with her behavior contrary to the standards for impeccable reputation. Initially, the SJC disciplinary panel proposed the penalty to be reduction of the salary by 20%. During the session, however, member of the Disciplinary Board Svetla Danova requested her dismissal. A total of 13 out of 21 magistrates voted in favour of this demand and Urumova was dismissed on disciplinary grounds. Six judges abstained and two voted against this decision.

In 2001, the daughter of the Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC), who was demoted from head of the Third Judicial Department into ordinary SAC magistrate due to the same scandal, received a construction permit as a "needy" person to build on a land plot located at the beachfront in the Black Sea town of Primorkso. At that time, she was not a junior judge yet. Urumova was the only one from all the magistrates involved in the scandal who built a hotel and a cafeteria on her land plot.

Because of the land scandal, in mid-January, SJC dismissed Vesselin Pengezov from the chair of the Sofia Appellate Court. At the same time, while the Council was deciding on the case of Denitsa Urumova, SJC Inspectorate presented a report on the inspections carried out in 2010. However, the event was not attended even by a single SJC member.

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