Romania's Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) approved on Monday the reappointment of Laura Codruta Kovesi as chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Department (DNA) for another three-year mandate.

The Minister of Justice Raluca Pruna has nominated Kovesi for a second mandate. Kovesi's reinvestment request will be sent to President Klaus Iohannis, who will make the final decision.

This would be Kovesi's second term as head of DNA. Her current mandate started in May 2013 expires in May this year.

Laura Codruta Kovesi was interviewed at the CSM headquarters on Monday. During the meeting, she said that the institutional stability of DNA was very important, and so was maintaining the legislative framework.

"All these results wouldn't be possible without the important contribution of the managerial team, and I would like the managerial projects to be implemented by the same team," Kovesi said, reports local Mediafax.

She also believes that Romania needs an agency in charge of managing the seized assets, for a better evaluation of the goods the state should recover.

Laura Codruta Kovesi, 42, has been the head of DNA since 2013. Before that, she was Romania's general prosecutor, attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Earlier this year, Kovesi received the European of the Year 2016 award from the famous Reader’s Digest magazine. Moreover, in December 2015, she was included in a list of the most influential public personalities in the European Union published by Politico.eu, named “The 28 people from 28 countries who are shaping, shaking and stirring Europe”.

Her work as head of the National Anticorruption Directorate has been acknowledged by the European Commission's CVM report and the Council of Europe's report.

Romania’s chief anticorruption prosecutor sets priorities for a new term.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com