Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on Monday asserted that he suggested neither National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) head Laura Codruta Kovesi, nor Attorney General of Romania Augustin Lazar to resign, but all he did was to evoke "an institution within the Labour Code."
"I didn't suggest they resign. I said and asked everyone to refrain from speculating on this issue, and I evoked an institution that exists in the Labour Code. Anybody may resign, nobody is forced to do something against their will," Tudorel Toader specified at the Justice Ministry's headquarters.
Romania's Attorney General Augustin Lazar on Monday morning said he will not step down, after the Justice Minister had announced he was going to make an evaluation of the activity of the General Prosecutor and the DNA, followed by measures.
When asked Monday, upon entering the General Prosecutor's Hqs., whether he intends to resign, Augustin Lazar answered: "I'm telling you only this: I won't go into public controversy."
Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader announced on Sunday at Antena 3 private TV broadcaster that he would meet in the upcoming days with Romania's Attorney General Augustin Lazar and the chief-prosecutor of the National Anti-corruption Directorate Laura Codruta Kovesi to discuss the investigation related to OUG 13, showing that he did not rule out the possibility that the two resign.
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