Parliamentarians increased their spending limit for 2009 with millions of euro, hoping they will get re-elected in parliamentary elections this fall, one newspaper reads on Wednesday. Elsewhere in the news, financial speculators thrive these days, as the Romanian currency depreciates in regards to the euro. Last but not least, Romanians living in geographically remote places have no medical emergency centers, even if, in theory, they should exist.
Cotidianul reads about Romania's parliamentarians who just increased their 2009 spending budget with 20% more than the limit established by the Ministry of Finance. The newspaper informs that, in a financial crisis, the Liberal Executive has to deal with another problem.
After passing the bill that rules a 50% increase in teachers' wages, now Senators exceeded their spending limit. The total value of the Senate's budget for 2009 will increase from 153 million Romanian Ron even if the Executive specifically requested a limit of 130 million Romanian Ron.
The newspaper informs that 100,000 euro are allocated only for ACs in the meeting rooms and ventilation machines because, the Senate's secretary said, several senators complained of head aches due to the air in the meeting rooms.
Other spending include the acquisition of 20 new cars, of 25,000 euro a piece, 140 cars of the senate's offices, each 11,000 euro and three buses of 50,000 euro. Thus, the total amount allocated for cars exceeds 2,300,000 euro.
Elsewhere in the news, Evenimentul Zilei reads about the exchange rates practiced by exchange houses, which manage to thrive during crises like these. In Bucharest, 1 euro was sold with 3.9 Romanian Ron and bought with only 3 Romanian Ron.
The newspaper underlines that speculators have their own way of deceiving people, on the edge of legality. The method