Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan hopes that the governing coalition makes a final decision next week regarding the local administration reform, underscoring that on this draft, things are basically solved, except for the manner in which the spending cuts are to be implemented.
He was asked on Friday, within a news conference held at the Victoria Palace, whether he is satisfied with what he has accomplished in the 100 days in office, taking into account that some part of the announced reform measures are still blocked, such as the special pensions for magistrates, the local administration reform.
"When you are in a coalition of four parties, decisions aren't made very easily. And if, for example, there had been just one party in the government, certain decisions would surely have been taken more quickly, but this is the reality which we cannot avoid. Sometimes, debate is good, because the best ideas may emerge from it. And yes, I believe that under the given circumstances, perhaps we could have done more if we had been more coherent, if we had been more united and acted more decisively. But on the matter of administration, things are practically resolved, and I hope that, apart from the discussion related to the size of the spending cuts, which all colleagues recognize as necessary, only the form in which this is done remains to be agreed upon. Next week we will have a final decision and the sooner we clarify the remaining aspects regarding the central administration, which also needs to be part of this package, as well as the other points I've presented, the sooner we can move forward with a third package, so that it can be adopted within this month," Ilie Bolojan responded.
The Government head confirmed that the measure to ban the cumulation of pension and salary is also expected to be included in this package, when asked about this aspect.
"In respect to cutting spending in administration, if we were to calculate a reduction of approximately 10 percent in local administration and the central one, which is feasible, without any problems, it would amount to at least 10 billion lei," Bolojan mentioned.
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