The decree with the indirect subsidies for the Tractorul Engine Works cannot be published in the Official Gazette without the signature of the Minister of Finances. However, he once more said he wouldnât sign. In his turn, the NAFA President, Sebastian Bodu, sustains that he wouldnât sign such a decree either.
The scandal that appeared between Prime Minister Tariceanu and the Minister of Finances, Popescu, is far from being solved. The Tractorul decree cannot be published in the Official Gazette without the signature of the Minister of Finances. "This is something we have discussed with the jurists, because it resulted in a debate. We wanted to know whether the Governmentâs General Secretariat, which sends all the regulative acts to the Official Gazette, might send such a document without the signatures of the involved Ministers. From our discussion it resulted this cannot happen", Ionut Popescu stated during a show at Realitatea TV.
REPLACEMENT The situation might be solved if one of the state secretaries would sign for the Minister, but it seems that nobody asked for this responsibility. Ionut Popescu admitted that, when he is out of the country, he names one of the state secretaries to take his place and to sign the documents in which the Minister is involved.
State Secretary Sebastian Bodu, the President of the National Agency for Fiscal Administration (NAFA), stated for us: "I am against any kind of subsidies. I am for the market, and we should let the market decide what company resists and which one doesnât. So, since it is against my principles, I wonât sign such a decree"
THE SURPRISE Minister Ionut Popescu publicly asked for his resignation. "If you ask me to be in the Prime Ministerâs boots, I would certainly replace that Minister", Popescu stated at Realitatea TV. However, the NAFA President, Sebastian Bodu, says there i
