“I haven’t made any nomination and haven’t discussed any names. There have been talks on the procedure we should follow to designate chief prosecutors,” Ponta said.
He added he will inform the head of state the appointment of chief prosecutors will not be fast-tracked.
Ponta may serve as interim justice minister for 45 days and the Liberal Party, part of the ruling coalition, is expected to propose a new justice minister in the meantime.
About the prime minister’s statement earlier Tuesday that he would be nominating former prosecutor general Laura Codruta Kovesi as head of the National Anticorruption Department, Government spokesman Andrei Zaharescu said Ponta had said “yes” to reporters’ questions on whether he would hold press statements after the High Council of Magistrates meeting and not regarding Kovesi’s appointment.