“I hope that together we can continue on this path and to fulfill the expectations of thousands of people who hope that DNA will manage to change mentalities in this country and make it cleaner for all of us,” Kovesi said. She dedicated this award to her family and colleagues, who supported her in her activity.

Kovesi thanked France for awarding her this distinction and for the support in consolidating DNA. In fact, its fame has gone beyond the country’s borders, becoming a model to follow in Europe,” the French Ambassador added. “Today we can acknowledge the long road covered and the deep and durable transformation of a system that owes you a lot, because due to you and your devoted colleagues DNA enjoys a high popularity. You were the first woman to hold the General Prosecutor position, and the youngest one,” he went on. “You were only 33 when Romania’s President Traian Basescu appointed you General Prosecutor, in 2006. This intensive sports activity didn’t deter you from your studies,” Saint-Paul said, according to Agerpres. “As a young talented athlete, you have been selected in Romania’s junior national basketball team with which you won the European vice-champion title in 1989.

He also praised Laura Codruta Kovesi, DNA’s chief prosecutor, for her professionalism and integrity, presenting her professional achievements. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 7, just two days after the local elections in Romania, in which several big city mayors investigated or even convicted for corruption, have been reelected.Īmbassador Francois Saint-Paul said that the National Anticorruption Directorate – DNA’s results were truly impressive and placed this prosecution institution among the top five anticorruption bodies in Europe. Romania’s chief anticorruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi received the Legion of Honor National Order’s Knight distinction from France’s Ambassador to Romania Francois Saint-Paul, as a recognition for her devotion in fighting corruption.

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