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Under pressure, Romanian President Iohannis dismisses top anti-graft prosecutor Kovesi

July 9, 2018
​Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday signed a decree to dimiss top anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi from office, a presidency spokesperson has announced. Iohannis thus complied with a Constitutional Court decision which forced him to dismiss Kovesi, who has been leading the National Anti-Corruption Office, at the height of a fierce political struggle of the governing coalition against anti-graft prosecutors.
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