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Romania’s former anti-corruption chief bid for EU public prosecutor dented

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epa06570367 Laura Codruta Kovesi, chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (DNA), looks on during the DNA Annual Balance conference held at the Military House, in Bucharest, Romania, 28 February 2018 Romania's Justice Minister Tudorel Toader in a press conference in Bucharest onv22 February 2018 demanded the dismissal of the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (DNA), prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi. Romania in the last years struggled heavily to combat corruption, and the DNA is one of the main institutions in the fight against it. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT

Laura Codruta Kovesi, Romania’s former chief anti-corruption prosecutor, could see her bid to win the role of European Union public prosecutor damaged by a widely-criticised agency tasked with investigating magistrates, she said late on Wednesday.

Just days after it was revealed she was the leading contender for the EU post, the agency has subpoenaed Kovesi for hearings as a suspect in an unspecified case.

“This subpoena is the strongest evidence to date that the special unit to investigate judges and prosecutors is a political weapon,” Ionel Danca, spokesman of the opposition Liberal Party said in a Facebook post.

Via Reuters

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