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Romanian Premier Emil Boc said Saturday that several government agencies, recently disbanded, only "perpetuated a system of connections and kinship relations inherited from the communist era," arguing the unitary pay law in the public sector replaces 39 laws that kept alive a communist mentality.

Romania’s Agriculture ministry will reduce its number of subordinated government agencies and institutions to 20 from the current 33, which translates into a 20% staff cut, agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu told MEDIAFAX Saturday.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc meets Friday with the ministers of development, finance, SMEs and a representative of the Ministry of Environment to discuss ways to reduce the number of government agencies.

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday, referring to the huge salaries of several heads of government agencies, that these agencies gradually became the “money land” of the government‘s political clientele.