The Mayor of Municipality refused to provide information about the list of all contracts signed by the municipality in the period 2007-2010.
The request was filed by the local newspaper Videlina. In February 2011 (in Bulgarian), but the mayor did not respond. The Administrative Court – Pazardzhik declared the silent denial unlawful and turned the request back to the mayor for consideration. The mayor, however, appealed the court decision, but the Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the decision of the first instance court.
In their Decision as of February 10, 2012, (in Bulgarian), the justices pointed out that the requested information was clearly defined – number of contracts signed by the municipality for supply and execution services, list of the subcontractors, the price of each contract and the information about unpaid debts under these contracts. Thus, once again, but a year later, the Mayor of Pazardzhik has 14-days to respond to the request.