Romania PM: Disbanded Govt-Run Agencies Only Perpetuated A Communist Mentality

Boc also said Saturday, at the congress of the National Christian-Democratic Peasants’ Party (PNTCD), that the Government plans to modernize and strengthen the Romanian state through a series of reforms meant to help Romanians put the communist past and mentalities behind for good.

According to Boc, the Executive’s recent measure to reorganize, merge or disband government agencies will bring more money to the state budget, which will be further used for Romanians’ benefit and well-being.

Furthermore, he said the unitary pay law in the public sector would replace 39 laws adopted after the anti-communist Revolution in 1989, which, he stressed „perpetuated the communist mentality.”

In August, the Government decided to reorganize and merge government agencies, so that the country’s 223 agencies were reduced to half and 7,800 jobs were scrapped.

The law on government agencies reorganization is included in the packs of laws for which the Executive will assume responsibility in Parliament on September 15.

Early September, the Romanian Parliament’s standing offices decided that September 15 would be the date for the assumption of responsibility for the laws on education, unitary pay and the reorganization of public institutions.

On September 10, Boc pointed out that the Government maintains its decision to take responsibility for three draft laws before Parliament by the set deadline, to avoid breaching the agreement with the International Monetary Fund and thus losing IMF funds.

Romanian public sector employees will picket the Parliament on September 15, call general strike on October 5 and will then refuse to be involved in the presidential elections due on November 22, displeased with the draft law regulating wages in the public sector.