Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi said on Wednesday that the draft emergency ordinance amending the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code would produce a partial, guised decriminalization of abuse of office.
"From our point of view, none of the two regulatory acts is appropriate. (...) We consider that practically an emergency ordinance has as an effect the partial guised decriminalization of abuse of office. Basically, everyone who violated the law while in an official capacity and caused damage will be shielded from punishment," Kovesi said upon entering the headquarters of the Supreme Council of Magistrates, when asked whether there is a justification for the urgency of the pardon and Criminal Codes amendment draft acts.
Regarding the Pardon Ordinance, Kovesi said that if this draft act comes into force, abuse of office and corruption crimes will be pardoned.
The DNA head said that all determined damage will no longer be covered, and the state will be compelled to extra spending to recover the loss.
"All established damage will no longer be covered. (...) The assets frozen in the cases handled by DNA alone in the past three years are worth over 1.5 billion euro. You realise that if all these provisions come into force, they will also affect the recovery of such damages," Kovesi said.
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