Nicusor Dan responds to Laura Codruța Kovesi after she wished him “plenty of sleep, a good sleep”

President Nicușor Dan reacted on Tuesday evening to the statement made by Laura Codruța Kovesi in May, in the context of her remarks regarding possible abuses committed during the period when she led the National Anticorruption Directorate.

Asked what he thought about the message from the former DNA chief, Nicușor Dan replied: “That is an unexpected statement from a lady.”

In May, Kovesi, who was then heading the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, was asked by Context.ro about the president’s statement that he was “inclined to believe” that abuses had occurred during the period when she led the DNA.

“The fact that you achieved a good score at international mathematics Olympiads does not qualify you to make such statements,” Kovesi had declared. She added that the position of president is difficult, stressful, and exhausting, and wished Nicușor Dan “lots of sleep, a good sleep,” so that Romania would need him “to return in good shape.”

Read also:

Nicușor Dan banned journalist Ovidiu Vanghele from entering Cotroceni: “For the insults you addressed to me”

Nicușor Dan will appoint the heads of the intelligence services “when there is a majority in Parliament”

Nicușor Dan announces non-public details about Călin Georgescu: ”I can tell you that there was a lot of interesting information about his career and perhaps it will be in the report”

Nicușor Dan defends the SAFE contracts with Rheinmetall: “I have no suspicion that any of the SAFE contracts might have a problem”

Nicușor Dan says Romania is offering to share the costs of American troops, while the final decision belongs to the US administration: “I believe it is a mutual benefit”

Nicușor Dan stated that the presence of SPP chief Lucian Pahonțu at a dinner with politicians and Church representatives is not relevant

Nicușor Dan, on Romania’s administrative-territorial reform: “I understand that many people want this, in various forms, and I support this direction”

Nicușor Dan says he did not impose the reduction of VAT on the Niculescu Government / The only condition for forming the government: no AUR

Nicușor Dan calls for evidence regarding the sanctioning of magistrates who spoke about “captured justice”

Nicușor Dan, on the lack of a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump: “Romania has strengthened its relationship with the US and its European partners”

Nicușor Dan: Romania must not choose between the US and the EU / The transatlantic relationship is essential

Nicușor Dan postpones publication of the report on the annulment of the elections until all factors are clarified: “The overall picture is much broader”

Nicușor Dan, on excluding AUR from government: “It would have meant an economic collapse and damage to state security”

Nicușor Dan warns that Romania must meet its deficit-reduction targets to avoid a rating downgrade

Nicușor Dan: “There is a revitalization of prosecutorial activity” / “I know that they are working on a report”

President Nicușor Dan explains why an exclusively PNL-USR government would not have had a stable parliamentary foundation and warns that snap elections would have harmed Romania’s economy