The budget proposed for the City Hall through the draft posted on the website of the Ministry of Finance is reduced by about 180 million euros, the fate of Bucharesters being decided "behind closed doors", General Mayor Gabriela Firea said on Wednesday before the meeting of the Association of Municipalities in Romania.
"So far, I have not been officially invited to any meeting. Practically, the fate of Bucharesters was decided behind closed doors by some people who did not have the legal right to say their opinion about the capital's budget," she said.
According to Gabriela Firea, the draft budget under debate entails "a cut of almost 180 million euros, roughly 25% of the budget, which will greatly affect all public services in the capital" - public transport, district heating, lighting, water supply, sanitation, hospitals and social protection.
She mentioned that the budgets of the sectors had been increased, but, in her opinion, these cannot offset the cutting at the central level.
She added that the City Hall has no surplus last year and is up to date with all the payments.
"By the new budget paradigm or philosophy that the ministry has created for the first time and which cuts such a large amount to the City Hall, several laws are violated," Gabriela Firea said, adding that she would present materials supporting this claim, including at the Government and the Parliament.
Firea claimed that City Hall's budget was cut off out of "revenge.
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