Bulgarian prosecutors begin process to elect new judicial council
About 1,570 prosecutors meet in Sofia to hear 25 candidates for the ninth Supreme Judicial Council. They will elect four members in a vote on Oct. 24.
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Bulgaria's prosecutors gathered in Sofia on Saturday for a general assembly that opens the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council. Registration at the Sofia Event Center was set to begin at 8 a.m. local time, with the session starting at 10 a.m. According to the voter list, 1,570 prosecutors are eligible to vote. On the first day they will choose a chair, an election commission and polling sections, before 25 candidates present their platforms.
Voting by paper ballot will take place a week later, on Oct. 24. Prosecutors elect four members of the council. Judges follow, with an assembly on Oct. 31 and a vote on Nov. 7, and then investigators on Nov. 14 and 21. Other members are chosen by parliament.
The assembly is being streamed live on the council's website and by the state news agency BTA.
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