The Sofia Administrative Court overturned a conclusion of the committee on declassification of the archives of former State Security and People’s Army, in which it announced that Pavel Dimitrov, member of the Supreme Judicial Council, had been a collaborator of the former security services.

The court motivated its ruling by saying that it had not been proven that "the letter combination DS without a doubt means Durzhavna Sigurnost (State Security)," Dnevnik daily reported on October 19.

The court decision was made public on October 17.

Dimitrov, who is currently leader of Citizen for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) in Varna, was mentioned in a report on connections with the former State Security of current and past members of the Supreme Judicial Council since 1991. Besides Dimitrov, another 14 council members were mentioned in the report.

According to documents, which the Interior Ministry had handed to the committee on declassification, Pavel Dimitriv was on the account of the DS and had received 20 leva for "agent-operative activities".

The court did not consider these documents as evidence.