# Prosecutors raid the presidency; Radev calls for Borissov and Geshev to resign

Date: 2020

## The fact

On 9 July 2020 Bulgarian prosecutors raided the presidency. Reuters recorded President [Rumen Radev](/people/rumen-radev) calling for Prime Minister [Boyko Borissov](/people/boyko-borissov)’s government and chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev to resign as anti-graft protests began.

## Context

Boyko Borissov is a WAVE H TARGET. Ivan Geshev is unresolved. ukraine-war is not attached.

Raid 9 July; later 2021 caretakers. Store the clash. Keep Prosecutors raid the presidency; Radev calls for Borissov and Geshev to resign on 2020-07-09 separate from neighbouring 9 July 2020 presidency raid, 23 January 2026 court termination, and 8 May 2026 investiture.

The President of Bulgaria can appoint caretaker cabinets and can resign into a party premiership. He does not sit as the [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly)’s majority as a second name, as GERB’s chair, or as a Sofia court. A 9 July 2020 presidency raid is not authorship of the 8 May 2026 investiture as a twin.

## Evidence and sources

Reuters carries the official instrument or communique. The Guardian records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [radev-caretaker-leverage](/drivers/radev-caretaker-leverage) as dated dual-executive clash, not [territorial-revisionism](/drivers/territorial-revisionism).

## What is established and what is not

Established: Prosecutors raided the presidency in July 2020 and Radev called for Borissov and Geshev to resign, as recorded by Reuters.

Not established: A unique later raid integer, or that Geshev had already resigned on this date.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Prosecutors raided. Protesters completed rallies. He did not sit as GERB or as the prosecution.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Prosecutors raid the presidency; Radev calls for Borissov and Geshev to resign, not a later speech about Prosecutors raid the presidency; Radev calls for Borissov and Geshev to resign.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Prosecutors raid the presidency; Radev calls for Borissov and Geshev to resign on 2020-07-09 is not a licence to treat every later Reuters communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Prosecutors raid the presidency; Radev calls for Borissov and Geshev to resign into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He sat as president. Prosecutors raided. Protesters completed rallies. He did not sit as GERB or as the prosecution. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Rumen Radev: https://factrail.ai/people/rumen-radev

## Drivers

- Radev caretaker leverage: https://factrail.ai/drivers/radev-caretaker-leverage

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/14/bulgarian-pm-boyko-borisov-to-quit-if-parliament-backs-plan-to-change-constitution
- https://www.reuters.com/article/world/thousands-call-on-bulgarian-government-to-resign-in-anti-graft-protests-idUSKCN24D03C/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/bg-presidency-raid-20200709