Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria would not allow a return to what he described as the country's “mutri” (thug) era, as he announced plans for deeper reforms in law enforcement, the security services and the judiciary.
Speaking alongside Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov while presenting the “Justice” section of the government's 2026-2030 governance program, Radev said the state was increasingly breaking what he called an established system of protection for powerful business and political figures.
He pointed to the recent discovery of a powerful GPS jammer and said the Interior Ministry and security services were expected to provide more information about the device by the end of the day. According to Radev, the jammer had been mounted on a jeep whose ownership was known and linked to the owner of the property where the device was discovered.
Radev said the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the device and whether it had interfered with air traffic were secondary to what he described as a broader change in the behavior of state institutions.
“Regardless of how and whether the device was discovered, regardless of whether it disrupted air traffic, there is an indisputable fact: if until recently the police and services were guarding these people like Taki, well, their names will become clear, the state umbrella of protection for these people falls,” he said.
