Bulgarian PM commented on front-burner issues in TV interview

 Speaking in an interview with Nova TV on Monday morning Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, such as the suspended pubic procurements, fight against smuggling, the EC progress reports on Bulgaria and Romania, possible reshuffles in the government and other related issues.
Here is what the head of the Bulgarian government said:
“One of the agencies may be closed down,” Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said commenting on the recently suspended public procurements.
“There were than 20,000 public procurements last year in Bulgaria,” Mr Borisov added.
“After we shifted to market economy the companies are no longer state-run, this is how the entire Europe works – public procurements are launched and the business takes part in them. Why now? Because that is when the information was revealed and got to me – when they pass through the discussions or when the press start commenting on them,” Boyko Borisov explained. 
Asked whether the question about the mirror, which the Bulgarians in London asked him, was the reason to suspend the public procurements, the Prime Minister said that it was the last straw that gave him a clear signal that things did not look how he thought they were from the side. He added that he was a person, who could solve a problem when it was pointed at. 
“I am not stubborn,” Mr Borisov remarked. 
“I suspended them when they were supposed to enter the Commission for Protection of Competition, when the advance payments had to be made, that’s when I examined them in detail. Certain state employees should be sanctioned – those, who have put their signatures under these public procurements. The inspectors are there and they are checking on the issue. One of the agencies may closed down,” Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said further.
“There is no smuggling from Bulgaria to Turkey,” Prime Minister Borisov said.
“What Bulgaria does against smuggling is appreciated in the entire Europe,” the Prime Minister remarked. 
In his words, the revenue agencies collected BGN 3 billion more to the budget thanks to the fight against smuggling. 
“In January we collected BGN 950 million more than in the same month last year. In February we have BGN 360 million more compared with February 2015,” Boyko Borisov explained. 
The Bulgarian Prime Minister was explicit that he did not bound businessman and MP Delyan Peevski to smuggling. 
Asked whether he had received information from the Turkish services that Peevski and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party were organising smuggling on the territory the Middle East, Borisov said that the information had been discussed.
“The Turkish colleagues are well-aware that there is no smuggling from Bulgaria to Turkey. I am responsible for this. At the same time, especially when it comes to cigarettes, the smuggling has been cut by 8%,” Boyko Borisov said further.
The Prime Minister commented that at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu the latter said that he would be happy to see the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) and the MRF party together in a government, while Boyko Borisov replied that this could not happen while Delyan Peevski was in the party.
“Bulgaria has outplayed Romania in any aspect long ago,” Boyko Borisov said. 
Asked about when and how Bulgaria outplayed Romania in terms of fight against corruption, Prime Minister Borisov said: “Their ministers are stealing and eventually got caught and imprisoned, while their President is looking for asylum in Moldova. I do not see any Bulgarians escaping to Romania.”
Borisov agreed to the statement that there were no convicted politicians in Bulgaria probably because there were not any corrupted people among them.
“I find the prevention most important. I know that I do my best not to let them steal and they know that whoever I catch will leave immediately,” the Bulgarian Prime Minister commented further. 
According to Borisov, the negative EC report was due to the fact that the country was government by former prime minister Plamen Oresharski for a year and a half. 
“We enjoy Brussels’ full support, of all our colleagues there, for everything we have done in the past month, and everyone came to say “Our Boyko is back”,” Boyko Borisov commented further.
He added that Romanian companied came to do business in Bulgaria because it was better to work here and the country was more stable and predictable.
“I do not plan any reshuffles in the government. On Tuesday I will explain the parliamentary group of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) everything they need to know,” the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said.
“When we were forming the government, Radan Kanev was standing right against me, and we made the best possible decisions in every single field – ministers, deputy ministers, district governors,” Mr Borisov said further.
He added that the parliamentary group of his party had the right to express its opinion.
“They are fed up. What happened really? Mr [Nikolay] Nenchev [Minister of Defence] went to the Congress of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSP) and declared that he was a minister with this party. At the same time the MPs with the CEDB supported all his acts and thanks to them, as well as to the work of the finance minister and the revenue agencies, we managed to collect more money and provide financial resource for the defence. There is money in the budget and there is money for the aircrafts, for the engines, for everything, while he goes there and angers them. That is why the CEDB came out and said – “since you are their minister, backed by 13 MPs, how come all your acts are passed at the parliament”,” Boyko Borisov explained. 
Asked whether he was irritated by this, too, Mr Borisov replied that few days ago he had a nice meeting with Minister Nenchev, as well as with the Head of the Defence, and very good measures had been decided.
“I may say that everything he did has been consulted with me. We have perfect communication,” he said, adding that sometimes trifle issues incited too much of a fuss. 
“On Tuesday I will meet with the MPs and explain them everything they need to know,” the Prime Minister remarked.
“Dutch, British and German prosecutors will come here to observe the work of the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office and in a year we will have an objective external analysis,” Boyko Borisov said.
Mr Borisov thanked the Bulgarian MEPs, who backed the repeal of the EC CVM monitoring on Bulgaria and Romania.
“It is important to say that this is a cooperation monitoring. We should take maximum advantage of the cooperation, so as to finalise the reforms. When there are moot points, it is good to refer to this cooperation mechanism. 
That is why now Dutch, British and German prosecutors will come here to observe the work of the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office. In a year we will have an objective external analysis,” he added.
Asked why the reports were critical since there were no corrupted people in Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov replied: “There is a saying that there are no guards at the Bulgarian cauldron in hell because the Bulgarians were pulling each other down themselves. Since the contact points are NGOs and the media, and these are concrete ones, it is impossible for anything positive from Bulgaria to reach Brussels.”
Commenting on the work of the Bulgarian Specialised Prosecutor’s Office, Mr Borisov said that its head should explain the small number of convicted magistrates and politicians in Bulgaria.

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