R.C Lawliet
08-10-08, 19:40
E pe engleza stirea,si imi cer scuze pentru faptul ca am fost atat de lenesa incat nu am cautat-o in limba romana,insa personal sunt interesata de soarta profesorilor,poate si din dorinta de a avea zi libera miercurea viitoare,25 de profesori din scoala noastra fiind pregatiti sa plece in fata la guvern daca problema nu se rezolva.
Sursa: www.nineoclock.ro
On the one hand, the Executive and Central Bank Governor say that the increase of the civil servants’ wages is not sustainable, on the other hand the unionists and the opposition parties request the resignation of Cabinet.
Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu analyzes together with the Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Mugur Isarescu, the situation created through the decision made by Parliament to increase by 50 per cent the salaries of the educational staff. “On Monday (today – editor’s note) I shall have a meeting with the Governor of the National Bank of Romania to analyze the situation created through the decision of Parliament to raise the educational staff’s salaries by 50 per cent,” declared on Saturday the Head of the Executive. He met at the Government offices with several ministers and state secretaries to analyze the situation created through the requests for salary rises. Prime Minister says that in the context of the international economic crisis, collateral effects will be felt in Romania, although the Romanian banking system is solid. Premier’s declarations come after the BNR Governor cautioned on Friday that the increase of the salaries not correlated with labour productivity could accelerate inflation, the depreciation of the RON and the departure of the investors. On the other side of the barricade, the teachers and the civil servants threaten with protests if the rulers do not meet their demands, while PSD, PD-L and PRM request the resignation of the Government. The civil servants announced that they would start the general strike on Thursday, if the salaries are not increased by 50 per cent, the same as those of the teachers, while the Medics’ College requested also to increase the medics’ salaries if the rise of the teachers and civil servants’ salaries is enforced.
The law, contested with the Constitutional Court
The law regarding the 50 per cent rise of the teachers’ salaries will be contested by the Government at the Constitutional Court. Premier declared that through the adoption of the law a conflict of interests has arisen between Parliament and Executive. PM added that he sent also to President Traian Basescu a letter over this issue, hinting that he recommended him to not promulgate the law regarding the rise of the educational staff’s salaries. “Whenever a measure with such a financial impact is taken it is necessary to show also the funding sources,” reads Constitution. This increase is not sustainable. The politicianist decisions taken by Parliament will only return against the Romanians,” Prime Minister stated. Tariceanu explained that he is not against the rise of the teachers’ salaries, but showed that Education was the sector with the most numerous salary rises – over 90 per cent.
Premier accused the opposition of irresponsibility, announcing that he would not fall the “prey of these populist measures.” “In Parliament there is a general cheerfulness, everything is approved. I wonder that they haven’t approved even a bigger rise. PSD and PD-L proved an utter irresponsibility (…) The Government is not willing to fall the prey of these populist measures that would destroy all what we achieved in the past few years (…) The vote from Parliament represents an attempt to bribe in the perspective of the electoral campaign,” Prime Minister declared.
The Head of the Executive added that Romania has at this moment an unprecedented economic growth, the highest economic growth rate in Europe, and such “irresponsible” measures can destroy the progress made in the past few years. Premier also drew a parallel with the situation created in Hungary in 2002, when a similar decision to raise salaries was made. “Such a measure taken in Hungary in 2002 determined the skidding of the economy of Hungary. For six years, this economy has not recovered,” Tariceanu pointed out.
Invited on Saturday at Antena 3, the finance minister explained again why he disagrees with the rise of the salaries in the educational system. Varujan Vosganian said that a rise of the teachers’ salaries would entail similar demands from all the persons paid from the state budget. “The state budget cannot bear such a big expenditure,” the finance minister said. Vosganian criticized the MPs who voted in favour of the increase of the teachers’ salaries, without mentioning the source of the money for this increase.
Isarescu’s warning
At the same time, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu said in an expose made on Friday at the Romanian Academy over the “problems of the real convergence on the path to Euro,” that certain salary rises are unsustainable, criticizing the fact that the coming of the elections has conducted to the enactment of some measures which affect the economy, “(…) A growth of the salaries bigger than the increase of labour productivity is not sustainable. The growth of the salaries faster than that of labour productivity does not conduct to a higher living standard, on the contrary, it conducts to a lower one because the gap between the two fundamental indicators breaks up sooner or later in the soaring prices, the depreciation of the national currency, the foreign indebtedness. All these have a negative impact on the investments and therefore they postpone, instead of hurrying up, the real convergence of the economy,” Governor warned.
15,000 unionists to take to the street tomorrow
The unionists from Education criticized toughly the declarations of PM Tariceanu threatening with extensive street protests. Tomorrow 15,000 unionists members of the four major Union confederation will protest in Bucharest, in Constitution Square against the small salaries and poor work conditions.
The leaders of the unions from Education say that the law voted for in Parliament was fair and necessary for the improvement of the Romanian Education. The Federation of the Free Unions from Education estimates that the Government should resign for reasons of incompetence, because in Parliament the Liberals voted for the law regarding the increase of the teachers’ salaries, and then they went back on it. In its turn, Spiru Haret Federation announced that it would sue PM Tariceanu and Fin Min Vosganian. “We start legal proceedings against Vosganian for having instigated the public opinion, he prompted a collective hysteria and said about us, the educational staff, that we destroy the nation (…),” declared the president of the Federation, Gheorghe Isvoranu.
Opposition requests cabinet’s dismissal
In one voice, PSD, PD-L and PRM requested the resignation of Tariceanu Cabinet for being unable to manage this crisis. “The problem of the salaries is an internal policy one which must be settled at the level of the Government. If the Government is unable to find solutions, it can resign,” declared PSD vice president, Emil Radu Moldovan.
In his turn, the PD-L Deputy Daniel Buda requests the resignation of Premier, accusing him of “callousness” when he criticizes PD-L and PSD for the vote cast in Parliament. Buda also called “irresponsible” the gesture of the Government to attack the law in the Constitutional Court, requesting it to withdraw the notice. PD-L vice president Raluca Turcan suggests Premier a solution to the crisis: to finance the increase of the salaries and pensions from the “corruption and bureaucracy that he promotes.”
The Greater Romania Party also requests the resignation of the Government for the reason that “the current Executive is guilty of betraying the national interest, of incompetence and dishonesty.” The president of the formation, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, requests BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu to submit a report about the financial crisis.
No money for teachers but enough for MPs, dignitaries
On the background of the scandal regarding the rise of the salaries of the state employees, the media has disclosed two draft laws which, if passed, would represent an utter defiance of the population and would throw up even more the current conflict between rulers and the social actors. Thus, while the Government said that there is no money for the 50 per cent rise of the salaries of the teachers, unionists and other professional categories, the parliamentarians have voted for the increase of their pensions, while the Foreign Ministry has initiated a draft project regarding the increase of the day allowances of the dignitaries.
The MPs increase their pensions
According to the edition of Friday of “Evenimentul Zilei,” the leadership of the two Chambers of Parliament approved on September 24 a resolution through which the pensions of the elected officers will rise even with RON 2,000. The quoted source says that the increase was voted not in the plenum, but in a meeting of the management of Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, through a decision which changes the “methodological norms” for enforcement of the current law. Practically, it was decided that the calculation of the MP’s pension (which can reach even 80 per cent of the revenue) will consider only the gross allowance from the last month, instead of the average allowance for the last 12 months. More exactly, the pension was calculated subject to the amount of RON 6,540, i.e. the average of the last 12 months, but since in 2008 the allowance was increased twice, the amounts also rise by 50 per cent.
After they voted unanimously, regardless of the political colour, for this decision for their own benefit, the MPs do not know which way to turn. The Senate vice president, the Liberal Norica Nicolai, says that it is not a pension increase, but a mere modification of the norms subject to which they are calculated, taking into account the modification of the law regarding the magistrates’ status.
PD-L president Emil Boc criticized the step of the elected officers, requesting to stop it. “PD-L requested to stop this approach and to bring those who proposed it in front of Parliament in order to see who will back it and who is the promoter of such policies which defy the good sense and the citizen,” Boc said.
The PSD leader Mircea Geoana proposes to freeze this measure until the end of the elections: “My recommendation is to freeze this measure, and the future Parliament to deal with the whole pension system, but only after we settle the problem of the pensioners with small pensions.”
PRM leader Vadim Tudor declared that he is against the rise of the pensions for the MPs, but believes that their pensions “are not bigger compared to what other people have.”
Bigger allowances for dignitaries
Also with 50 per cent is increased the day allowance of Premier, according to a governmental resolution initiated by the Foreign Ministry. The project stipulates higher daily allowances also for ministers, state secretaries and other state civil servants who are temporarily on mission abroad. The secretary general of Government, Gabriel Berca, assures however that this project will not be accepted in the governmental meeting. “If the Foreign Ministry made such a document, I would not allow it, as long as I am a state secretary, to go for approval in the governmental session, in a moment when the budget does not allow such an increase,” Berca declared.
Sursa: www.nineoclock.ro
On the one hand, the Executive and Central Bank Governor say that the increase of the civil servants’ wages is not sustainable, on the other hand the unionists and the opposition parties request the resignation of Cabinet.
Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu analyzes together with the Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Mugur Isarescu, the situation created through the decision made by Parliament to increase by 50 per cent the salaries of the educational staff. “On Monday (today – editor’s note) I shall have a meeting with the Governor of the National Bank of Romania to analyze the situation created through the decision of Parliament to raise the educational staff’s salaries by 50 per cent,” declared on Saturday the Head of the Executive. He met at the Government offices with several ministers and state secretaries to analyze the situation created through the requests for salary rises. Prime Minister says that in the context of the international economic crisis, collateral effects will be felt in Romania, although the Romanian banking system is solid. Premier’s declarations come after the BNR Governor cautioned on Friday that the increase of the salaries not correlated with labour productivity could accelerate inflation, the depreciation of the RON and the departure of the investors. On the other side of the barricade, the teachers and the civil servants threaten with protests if the rulers do not meet their demands, while PSD, PD-L and PRM request the resignation of the Government. The civil servants announced that they would start the general strike on Thursday, if the salaries are not increased by 50 per cent, the same as those of the teachers, while the Medics’ College requested also to increase the medics’ salaries if the rise of the teachers and civil servants’ salaries is enforced.
The law, contested with the Constitutional Court
The law regarding the 50 per cent rise of the teachers’ salaries will be contested by the Government at the Constitutional Court. Premier declared that through the adoption of the law a conflict of interests has arisen between Parliament and Executive. PM added that he sent also to President Traian Basescu a letter over this issue, hinting that he recommended him to not promulgate the law regarding the rise of the educational staff’s salaries. “Whenever a measure with such a financial impact is taken it is necessary to show also the funding sources,” reads Constitution. This increase is not sustainable. The politicianist decisions taken by Parliament will only return against the Romanians,” Prime Minister stated. Tariceanu explained that he is not against the rise of the teachers’ salaries, but showed that Education was the sector with the most numerous salary rises – over 90 per cent.
Premier accused the opposition of irresponsibility, announcing that he would not fall the “prey of these populist measures.” “In Parliament there is a general cheerfulness, everything is approved. I wonder that they haven’t approved even a bigger rise. PSD and PD-L proved an utter irresponsibility (…) The Government is not willing to fall the prey of these populist measures that would destroy all what we achieved in the past few years (…) The vote from Parliament represents an attempt to bribe in the perspective of the electoral campaign,” Prime Minister declared.
The Head of the Executive added that Romania has at this moment an unprecedented economic growth, the highest economic growth rate in Europe, and such “irresponsible” measures can destroy the progress made in the past few years. Premier also drew a parallel with the situation created in Hungary in 2002, when a similar decision to raise salaries was made. “Such a measure taken in Hungary in 2002 determined the skidding of the economy of Hungary. For six years, this economy has not recovered,” Tariceanu pointed out.
Invited on Saturday at Antena 3, the finance minister explained again why he disagrees with the rise of the salaries in the educational system. Varujan Vosganian said that a rise of the teachers’ salaries would entail similar demands from all the persons paid from the state budget. “The state budget cannot bear such a big expenditure,” the finance minister said. Vosganian criticized the MPs who voted in favour of the increase of the teachers’ salaries, without mentioning the source of the money for this increase.
Isarescu’s warning
At the same time, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu said in an expose made on Friday at the Romanian Academy over the “problems of the real convergence on the path to Euro,” that certain salary rises are unsustainable, criticizing the fact that the coming of the elections has conducted to the enactment of some measures which affect the economy, “(…) A growth of the salaries bigger than the increase of labour productivity is not sustainable. The growth of the salaries faster than that of labour productivity does not conduct to a higher living standard, on the contrary, it conducts to a lower one because the gap between the two fundamental indicators breaks up sooner or later in the soaring prices, the depreciation of the national currency, the foreign indebtedness. All these have a negative impact on the investments and therefore they postpone, instead of hurrying up, the real convergence of the economy,” Governor warned.
15,000 unionists to take to the street tomorrow
The unionists from Education criticized toughly the declarations of PM Tariceanu threatening with extensive street protests. Tomorrow 15,000 unionists members of the four major Union confederation will protest in Bucharest, in Constitution Square against the small salaries and poor work conditions.
The leaders of the unions from Education say that the law voted for in Parliament was fair and necessary for the improvement of the Romanian Education. The Federation of the Free Unions from Education estimates that the Government should resign for reasons of incompetence, because in Parliament the Liberals voted for the law regarding the increase of the teachers’ salaries, and then they went back on it. In its turn, Spiru Haret Federation announced that it would sue PM Tariceanu and Fin Min Vosganian. “We start legal proceedings against Vosganian for having instigated the public opinion, he prompted a collective hysteria and said about us, the educational staff, that we destroy the nation (…),” declared the president of the Federation, Gheorghe Isvoranu.
Opposition requests cabinet’s dismissal
In one voice, PSD, PD-L and PRM requested the resignation of Tariceanu Cabinet for being unable to manage this crisis. “The problem of the salaries is an internal policy one which must be settled at the level of the Government. If the Government is unable to find solutions, it can resign,” declared PSD vice president, Emil Radu Moldovan.
In his turn, the PD-L Deputy Daniel Buda requests the resignation of Premier, accusing him of “callousness” when he criticizes PD-L and PSD for the vote cast in Parliament. Buda also called “irresponsible” the gesture of the Government to attack the law in the Constitutional Court, requesting it to withdraw the notice. PD-L vice president Raluca Turcan suggests Premier a solution to the crisis: to finance the increase of the salaries and pensions from the “corruption and bureaucracy that he promotes.”
The Greater Romania Party also requests the resignation of the Government for the reason that “the current Executive is guilty of betraying the national interest, of incompetence and dishonesty.” The president of the formation, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, requests BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu to submit a report about the financial crisis.
No money for teachers but enough for MPs, dignitaries
On the background of the scandal regarding the rise of the salaries of the state employees, the media has disclosed two draft laws which, if passed, would represent an utter defiance of the population and would throw up even more the current conflict between rulers and the social actors. Thus, while the Government said that there is no money for the 50 per cent rise of the salaries of the teachers, unionists and other professional categories, the parliamentarians have voted for the increase of their pensions, while the Foreign Ministry has initiated a draft project regarding the increase of the day allowances of the dignitaries.
The MPs increase their pensions
According to the edition of Friday of “Evenimentul Zilei,” the leadership of the two Chambers of Parliament approved on September 24 a resolution through which the pensions of the elected officers will rise even with RON 2,000. The quoted source says that the increase was voted not in the plenum, but in a meeting of the management of Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, through a decision which changes the “methodological norms” for enforcement of the current law. Practically, it was decided that the calculation of the MP’s pension (which can reach even 80 per cent of the revenue) will consider only the gross allowance from the last month, instead of the average allowance for the last 12 months. More exactly, the pension was calculated subject to the amount of RON 6,540, i.e. the average of the last 12 months, but since in 2008 the allowance was increased twice, the amounts also rise by 50 per cent.
After they voted unanimously, regardless of the political colour, for this decision for their own benefit, the MPs do not know which way to turn. The Senate vice president, the Liberal Norica Nicolai, says that it is not a pension increase, but a mere modification of the norms subject to which they are calculated, taking into account the modification of the law regarding the magistrates’ status.
PD-L president Emil Boc criticized the step of the elected officers, requesting to stop it. “PD-L requested to stop this approach and to bring those who proposed it in front of Parliament in order to see who will back it and who is the promoter of such policies which defy the good sense and the citizen,” Boc said.
The PSD leader Mircea Geoana proposes to freeze this measure until the end of the elections: “My recommendation is to freeze this measure, and the future Parliament to deal with the whole pension system, but only after we settle the problem of the pensioners with small pensions.”
PRM leader Vadim Tudor declared that he is against the rise of the pensions for the MPs, but believes that their pensions “are not bigger compared to what other people have.”
Bigger allowances for dignitaries
Also with 50 per cent is increased the day allowance of Premier, according to a governmental resolution initiated by the Foreign Ministry. The project stipulates higher daily allowances also for ministers, state secretaries and other state civil servants who are temporarily on mission abroad. The secretary general of Government, Gabriel Berca, assures however that this project will not be accepted in the governmental meeting. “If the Foreign Ministry made such a document, I would not allow it, as long as I am a state secretary, to go for approval in the governmental session, in a moment when the budget does not allow such an increase,” Berca declared.