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Lawyer of arrested former mayor Desislava Ivancheva calls for pardoning

Nikolay Hadzhigenov
Photo: BGNES

Lawyer Nikolay Khadzhigenov, defender of the former mayor of Sofia's Mladost district Desislava Ivancheva, has submitted a request to the president for her pardoning, he himself announced on social networks. 

Ivancheva was taken to the Sliven prison after the Supreme Court of Cassation confirmed her six-year sentence for receiving a bribe of 75,000 euros. 

She was arrested in 2018 in a display operation led by the current chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev - then head of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office. 

"This is part of the fight for justice. In a normal world, Ivancheva would be free, and Borissov (former prime minister and leader of GERB) in prison," commented the lawyer. 

Desislava Ivancheva is a single mother of a one-year-old son.



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