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The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution

Author(s): Ekaterina Mihaylova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Constitution; Judiciary; Independence of judges; Prosecutor; Supreme Judicial Council; Colleges of the Supreme Judicial Council
Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the amendment and supplement of the Constitution of Republic Bulgaria enacted in 2015 that concerns the judiciary. It examines the two bills brought for discussion in the Parliament, as well as the basics controversies in the public debates. The most significant issues in the fundament of the Fifth Constitutional Amendment have been outlined as follows –the division of the Supreme Judicial Council in two colleges, removal of secret voting, qualified majority for the selection of the parliamentary quota of members.

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