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The Supreme Court of Cassation scheduled for March 19 the case in which the mayor of the municipality of Velingrad, Stoyan Dulev, challenged the suspended sentence of 1.5 years in prison imposed on him by two courts. In early January 2005. The Pazardzhik District Court handed down this sentence for Mayor Dulev because of the one he concluded in 2004. contract for waste disposal of the municipality with the private company "Beev and Beev". The contract was declared illegal, and Stoyan Dulev was convicted of causing damage to the municipal treasury and of signing the contract with a pre-execution clause, which was also illegal. The suspended sentence was appealed by Stoyan Dulev before the Plovdiv Court of Appeal, but the appellate judges confirmed it. This led to an appeal before the Supreme Court of Cassation in Sofia, whose decision will be final and not subject to appeal.
A second criminal division of the SCC heard the case on March 19, the mayor was together with his deputies R. Hodzhov and M. Arsov. St's lawyer. Dulev has filed additions to the cassation appeal for substantial violations of procedural rules by the two previous court instances. He stated that the punishment imposed on the mayor was clearly unfair. However, the VCP prosecutor was adamant that the appeal was unfounded and the decision of the Court of Appeal should remain in force.
Stoyan Dulev told the three-member panel that he did not commit any violations in signing the contract because the commission did not remove Beev and Beev from participation in the public procurement, and the lawyer of the municipality advised him on the so-called. "Pre-implementation". Two court instances ignore the fact that I did not sign a contract with the firm for the use of the dumpsters, the mayor said and demanded that he be acquitted. The court has 30 days to rule. If he confirms the suspended sentence, Stoyan Dulev cannot remain mayor of the municipality. It is also important when the decision will come out in view of whether there will be new elections for mayor of the municipality.
Elena Baeva