Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu on Tuesday said that this year, Romania "probably has the highest economic growth rate in Europe," which should be reflected in the local purchasing power.
Given that, he is asking Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos where the money is, arguing that the technocratic Ciolos Cabinet is conducting all sorts of analyses, when in fact Romanians want solutions.
"We are facing a paradox that Mr Ciolos does not want to explain: Romania's economic growth this year is projected at 6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), probably the highest in Europe. My question and the question of all Romanians to Mr Ciolos is this: where is the money? Elementary political logic says we govern to improve quality of life, which includes the purchasing power. Economic growth should be reflected in the purchasing power, wages and pensions. Where is the economic growth? I see that all that the Government does is complaining and making plans. I see them envisaging all sorts of analyses. You should know that people are sick and tired of that. They want solutions," Tariceanu said at the Senate House.
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Tuesday said the measures taken by the Romanian Parliament over the past months in connection with various pay increases would entail a 9-billion-lei budgetary burden, which should lead either to widening deficits or to cutting investment.
He argued that the pay increases for certain employees will only deepen pay inequities, while defunding the uniform public pay law.
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