The Liberals will vote against the 2010 state budget project. Elsewhere in the news, the Romanian Health sector's budget is impoverished by debts. Last but not least, Residential parking in Bucharest is now three times more expensive than in 2009.
The Romanian National Liberal Party (PNL) will vote against the 2010 state budget project, Cotidianul informs. After a PNL meeting, liberal Ludovic Orban announced that his party will oppose the "sacrifice" budget proposed by PD-L. Liberals blame, according to Orban, the fact that the proposed budget "is the worst in the last 20 years" and "does not have the capacity to respond to the needs of the Romanians".
Orban claims the budget is based on the perpetuation of the crisis and on making thousands of people redundant. The liberal announced that PNL is going to lay out all the background amendments based on the liberal governing programme, like the cancellation of the fix tax and relating the pension to 45% of the average income.
The Health sector's budget is narrowed by debts, Evenimentul Zilei reads. Around 20% of the money secured by the insured citizens will be used to pay up last year's debts. The Romanian patient will bring drugs from home in 2010 as well, the newspaper goes on. Doctors will see their salaries drop.
The Health Insurance House's Unique Fund will get 15.3 billion lei, according to estimates. Almost 3 billions will be used for 2009 dues. The institution's manager Adina Geana said she requested 21 billion lei, but it was established that the House could not collect more than 15.3 billions.
The Health Ministry will get 4 more billions from the state budget. Low funds are likely to modify the deadline for the payment of drugs. President of the Romanian National House for Health Insurance (CNAS) Lucian Duta told Romanian press agency Mediafax that i