Romania's General Prosecutor resigns

Romania's General Prosecutor Tiberiu Nitu has resigned on Tuesday evening.

"Although the CVM [Cooperation and Verification Mechanism of the European Commission - editor's note] report validates the result of my work as head of the Public Ministry [Public Prosecution], and so do data to be reported in March, as my name and the position I represent are artificially associated to a situation that might impact the image of the institution I manage, I have decided - as a gesture of responsibility and honour - to submit my resignation from the position of General Prosecutor of the Prosecutors' Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice," [Romania's Supreme Court], Nitu wrote in a media release. 

Tiberiu Nitu is mentioned by the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) as an illegal beneficiary of some police motorcades, in a criminal case opened against former Internal Affairs Minister Gabriel Oprea.