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- Title: Scenesetter for Bulgarian Interior Minister Petkov's Meetings in Washington
- Author : Sofia News Agency
- Release Date : January 16, 2011
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by WikiLeaks date: 2/10/2006 16:00refid: 06SOFIA215origin: Embassy Sofiaclassification: SECRETdestination: 05SOFIA1618|05SOFIA1685|05SOFIA2054|06SOFIA198header:VZCZCXRO2961OO RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROVDE RUEHSF #0215/01 0411600ZNY SSSSS ZZHO 101600Z FEB 06FM AMEMBASSY SOFIATO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1415INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITYRUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITYRUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITYRUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC PRIORITYRUCNFB/FBI WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY 0122RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC PRIORITYRUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY----------------- header ends ----------------S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 SOFIA 000215 SIPDIS SIPDIS FBI FOR OIO DOD FOR OSD/POLICY (STRAUSS) DOJ FOR OIA, OPDAT, AND AG E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/10/2016 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, ASEC, KCRM, KCOR, BU SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER PETKOV'S MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON REF: A. 05 SOFIA 2054 B. SOFIA 198 C. 05 SOFIA 1618 D. 05 SOFIA 1685 Classified By: DCM Jeffrey D. Levine, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 1. (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov is one of themost influential personalities in the current government, andis almost certainly the one who evokes the strongest feelingsamong Bulgarians. Recent public opinion data shows him to beamong the most popular public officials in the country, afirst for an Interior Minister in post-Communist Bulgaria.On the other hand, many on the right side of the politicalspectrum view Petkov as the poster child for all that iswrong with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP): unreformed,unrepentant, and tainted by corruption. While oftendemonized by his opponents, Petkov is not the one-dimensionalcharacter he is sometimes made out to be; whether out ofconviction or convenience, he is clearly on the side ofreformist Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. On the foreignpolicy issues we care most about -- GWOT, Iraq, stationing ofU.S. forces -- he has used his influence as Deputy PartyChairman to move the BSP in our direction. Not surprisingly,since he has only been in office five months, the jury isstill out on his performance as Interior Minister. If hisprivate comments and public statements are to be believed, heis serious about rooting out corruption in his ministry andbringing criminals to justice. The results to date have beenmixed, however, and Petkov needs to be pushed hard to putmore of Bulgaria's most notorious organized crime figureswhere they belong: behind bars. END SUMMARY.