EU’s top prosecutor recounts letter from family of slain journalist Ján Kuciak as key to her decision to run for office

Unless Slovakia possesses genuine independence in law enforcement, it cannot combat high-level corruption.

The EU’s top prosecutor Laura Codruţu Kövesi said so during her visit to Bratislava on February 18. She met with President Zuzana Čaputová and students during a debate at Comenius University in Bratislava, as reported by the SITA newswire.

Kövesi, Romanian, was appointed as the European Chief Prosecutor in mid-October 2019. “I remember a letter signed by Ján Kuciak’s family supporting my candidacy,” Kövesi said, as quoted SITA.

That letter was one of the crucial moments why she decided to run, she said.

 

Via Slovak Spectator

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