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Romanian President Certain To Promote Law Raising Teachers’ Wages

Asked whether he would approve the law stipulating a 50% wage increase for teaching staff, Romanian President Traian Basescu said he is certain to promote the law.
Romanian President Certain To Promote Law Raising Teachers’ Wages
01 oct. 2008, 12:57, English

 

Upon leaving the ceremony where he opened a new building on campus in Constanta, southeastern Romania, reporters inquired whether he would approve the law and the president said “Of course!” and declined to make any further comments.
 
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies Tuesday approved unanimously Ordinance 15/2008 amended by the leftist opposition Social Democratic Party stipulating a 50% wage raise for staff in the education system.
 
The education minister, liberal Cristian Adomnitei, present at the Chamber’s plenary meeting, also voted in favor of the wage raise.
 
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, who attended Wednesday the opening ceremony of the 2008-2009 university year organized by the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest, said deputies’ votes for a 50% wage raise for staff in the education system is a mere “populist” measure before the upcoming general elections.
 
Tariceanu stressed this measure is not sustainable on lack of funds, adding the teaching staff did not even ask for a wage raise.  
 
Tariceanu also said that anybody in their right mind and fully aware of how the economy works quickly realizes this wage raise is not sustainable and pointed out that wage raises must be in line with economic growth indicators.