The mayor of the Pomorie village of Bata, Georgi Georgiev, with a final conviction for vote-buying, continues to govern, BNT reports.
Georgiev was sentenced to 10 months of suspended imprisonment with a three-year probationary period for giving BGN 50 to four people to vote for a certain political force in the parliamentary elections in 2021.
Municipal councilors are filing a signal to the Municipal Election Commission (OIK) with a request for the mayor's mandate to be terminated. According to municipal councilor Veselin Anestiev, it is "absolutely disturbing".
The procedure is difficult, as the law does not provide for automatic notification of institutions about sentences. OIK is waiting for documents from the mayor of Pomorie, on whose territory the village of Bata is. Mayor Georgi Georgiev refused to comment.
According to lawyers, Georgiev cannot run for mayor until the probationary period of his sentence expires.