Tudorel Toader

Prosecutor with the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Constanta Courthouse and currently delegated to the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Constanta Court of Appeals Adina Florea will be proposed by Justice Minister Tudorel Toader for the prosecutor-in-chief office of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), the Justice Ministry (MJ) informs.

A move by the Ministry of Justice to evaluate Romanian Attorney General Augustin Lazar's work has raised fears that the dismissal of anti-graft chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi in July was a dangerous precedent that exposes any chief prosecutor to political interference.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announced on Monday that he will be carrying out the assessment of Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar's activity, within 30 days' time, specifying that he made this decision as he noticed that in time, the Public Prosecution Service "has gradually strayed from the constitutional role it has."

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announced that he is initiating the procedure to assess the managerial activity of Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar, in the context of the protocols concluded with the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

He says that the assessment results, which are to be accompanied by possible proposals, will be made public within no more than 30 days.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announced on Wednesday evening, at private TV broadcaster Antena 3, in reference to pardon and reprieve, that the Gov't can adopt an emergency ordinance but Parliament must be in session.

The minister was asked under what circumstances the Gov't can adopt and emergency ordinance (OUG) for pardon and reprieve.

Romania's Justice Ministry is to renew a call to replace the country's former anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, who was fired on July 9.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on Friday announced that he had rejected all four candidates who had applied for the post.

The Ministry of Justice announced on Friday having rejected all four bids for the position of chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), and having decided to restart the selection procedure.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader said Monday that Attorney General Augustin Lazar consulted him before appointing Anca Jurma as acting chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA).

Journalists asked Toader on Monday as he was entering the headquarters of the Justice Ministry for a take on Jurma's recent meeting with US ambassador in Bucharest Hans Klemm.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader met on Friday with Vera Jourova, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Protection and Gender Equality, among the topics discussed by the two officials being the developments in the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) and the stage of the amendments brought to the Justice laws, the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code.

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis bowed to government pressure and signed a decree on Monday, firing the country's chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi.

She was axed after months of mounting political tensions between her, the President and the Social Democrat-led government .