The Burgas District Court has overturned a verdict issued by the Pomorie District Court, by which the mayor of the Pomorie village of Bata, Georgi Georgiev, was found not guilty. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to ten months in prison, postponing the execution of the imposed sentence for a probationary period of three years.

Georgiev was found guilty of giving sums of money in the amount of 50 leva to S.R., I.Ch., Z.B. and M.S. in Bata in early April 2021, in order to persuade them to exercise their right to vote in the parliamentary elections in favour of a certain political coalition.

• Осъдиха кмета на поморийското село Бата за купуване на гласове. In: Burgas 24. 16.05.2025. https://www.burgas24.bg/novini/regionalni/Osudiha-kmeta-na-pomoriiskoto-selo-Bata-za-kupuvane-na-glasove-2558261?amp=true