Prime Minister-designate Dacian Ciolos stated, on Tuesday, in a press conference at the Parliament, that the last data referring to the pandemic shows "a massive failure of the Romanian state", agerpres reports.
In his opinion, the state has failed the health crisis.
"These institutions unreformed for decades, populated by sinecures, institutions populated by people appointed on political criteria to solve party issues rather than the problems of the state, a state that is captive to parties which want to reach governing to solve party issues," added Ciolos.
Asked if the Save Romania Union (USR), which he chairs, assumes any fault in managing the pandemic, Ciolos answered: "A few minutes ago, Minister Ioana Mihaila presented with data, with arguments all the things she assumed in the Health Ministry, while she was there, the measures she took and, obviously, she had the responsibility of minister that she assumed and explained very precisely how they assumed it, but it's not sufficient for a person to take up the responsibility of a minister, a team should've taken responsibility, as the Finance Minister and the Premier should have taken responsibility to have the financial resources to do certain things faster than they were done."