BRATISLAVA - The families of murdered Slovak and Maltese journalists on Friday backed Romania’s former chief anti-graft prosecutor’s bid to become the EU’s first fraud prosecutor - against the wishes of her country’s government.
During Kovesi’s five-year tenure as head of Romania’s DNA anti-corruption office, conviction rates for political graft jumped, drawing praise from the European Union, civil society groups and investors. But her EPPO bid is opposed by Romania’s ruling Social Democrats, who forced her out of the DNA last year.
They called her “the bravest and most distinguished candidate ... who has shown herself willing to bring charges forward when all other institutions within a member state have failed to act.
Kovesi is friend with Lazar:
Ofcourse the romanian government don’t want her in that position. She put many of them in jail and they’re afraid others will follow. Codruta va intra in istorie ca o eroina
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