Prosecutors Elect Their Four Representatives to the New Supreme Judicial Council

The General Assembly of Prosecutors has elected four members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from its professional quota:

• Plamen Petkov of the Sofia Regional Prosecutor’s Office, who received 556 votes;
• Ivaylo Iliev of the Kyustendil District Prosecutor’s Office, who received 496 votes;
• Ivaylo Angelov of the Sofia Court of Appeal Prosecutor’s Office, who received 491 votes;
• Krasimira Filipova of the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office, who received 442 votes.

The commission said that, as none of the 25 candidates had secured more than half of the valid votes, under the Judicial System Act the four candidates who received the most support were deemed elected.

The election decision is not final and may be appealed within seven days.