Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) leader and former president Petar Stoyanov said that in 1997 bureaucratic procedures had hindered him from revealing that the State Security archives included a file, containing information about current President Georgi Purvanov under the name of agent Gotse.

The previous week Purvanov revealed the contents of the file, including some of his work as history consultant. The dossier provided no evidence that Purvanov had actually co-operated with the intelligence services.

The de-classification procedures started by the Interior Ministry raised public debates as the archives listed several public figures as former agents. The classified files allegedly contain evidence of corruption and political persecution during the communist era.

Stoyanov said that he had come upon the agent Gotse dossier in 1997 but the Constitutional Court ruled out that names of former agents with incomplete files should not be revealed. Stoyanov, who was serving his term as president, had called for rapid changes in the de-classification laws, Darik Radio reported.

Yordan Bakalov from the United Democratic Forces (UtDF), proposed a new law regulating public access to the archives.

According to the changes, the de-classification committee should announce the names of all agents. People with incomplete dossiers would be then given the opportunity to prove they were not involved in the intelligence services, by providing specific information on the nature of their work.