Adina Florea, proposed at the head of DNA by Romania’s Justice Minister

Romania’s minister of justice Tudorel Toader has announced that Adina Florea, prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office of Constanta Court, is his choice for the position of chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA).

Six candidates got in the competition for the position of chief prosecutor of the DNA: Paula-Nicoleta Tanase – prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Galati Court of Appeal, military prosecutor Nicolae Lupulescu, former deputy general prosecutor of Romania Gabriela Scutea, DNA Constanta prosecutor Andrei Bodean, Adina Florea – prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office of Constanta Court, currently delegated at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Constanta Court of Appeal and Sorin Armeanu, first prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office of Vaslui Court.

The Ministrer has announced his choice after interviews with all six candidates in September 3-5.

The government organized a second selection procedure for DNA’s leadership after the minister of justice rejected the four candidates from the first session.

The DNA will have a new head following the dismissal of Laura Codruta Kovesi, who managed Romania’s main anti-corruption institution since 2013.

Kovesi was fired by president Klaus Iohannis following a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The constitutional judges were notified by the Toader, who presented an assessment report of Kovesi’s results. The minister asked for her resignation.