Bulgaria's government plans to close the commission for uncovering former security service collaborators by the end of the year.
Key facts
- •The Bulgarian government plans to shut down COMDOS by the end of the year.
- •The commission's activities will be transferred to the State Archives Agency.
- •COMDOS has verified over 21,500 people as former state agents since 2007.
- •Finance Minister Galab Donev announced the plan in a television interview on June 25.
- •The centre-right Democratic Bulgaria has condemned the plan as 'memory erasure'.
Bulgaria's new government has announced plans to shut down the Commission for the Disclosure of Documents and the Declaration of Bulgarian Citizens' Affiliation to State Security, known as COMDOS, by the end of the year. The commission's activities will be transferred to the State Archives Agency. Finance Minister Galab Donev made the announcement in a television interview on June 25.
Commission's Role
COMDOS has verified over 21,500 people as former state agents since 2007. The commission is formally responsible for uncovering former security service collaborators and declaring Bulgarian citizens' affiliation to state security and the intelligence services of the Bulgarian National Army.
Reaction to the Plan
Opposition forces in parliament have condemned the plan to close COMDOS. The centre-right Democratic Bulgaria stated that the plan is 'memory erasure' rather than reform. Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov said that the future of the Commission will be decided by September 15.
This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Balkan Insight (BIRN).
