Iohannis: No good reasons to propose Kovesi's removal; I did not like the minister's performance

President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday he did not see Justice Minister Tudorel Toader's report based on which the latter asked for the removal from office of the chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi, but from his point of view there were "no good reasons" for the move.

"I expressed myself institutionally last night (...) I have not seen the report. Nobody have seen the report on which the minister was counting, but his performance last night, I honestly did not like," Iohannis said in Brussels asked about the minister of justice's decision to request the removal of Kovesi.

He added that "there were no good reasons for proposing removal." AGERPRES (RO - author: Mirela Barbulescu, editor: Florin Marin; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Rodica State)

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