The communications minister earns less than a PR specialist at the Societatea Nationala de Radiocomunica]ii (National Radiocommunications Company), while the Post Office chief accountant earns double as much as the company's manager. As expected, the same mess is to be found in state-held IT&C companies and institutions as in the rest of the public sector, where auxiliary personnel is often better paid than managers, who carry the biggest responsibilities.

The only institution where earnings appear to be logically distributed is the Ministry of Communications (MCSI), with few earners making more money than the minister. Wealth statements of MCSI personnel reveal this could however be misleading, because many employees are also members in Boards of Directors of other state-held companies, an additional source of income for them.

Romeo Medan, personal advisor within MCSI, for instance earned only 614 RON from the ministry in 2009, but made 14,244 RON for acting as a member of Romtelecom's BD for five months. Similarly, secretary of state Marius Fecioru, who, after leaving his position as a Romtelecom manager, came to MCSI, made 10,428 RON (in gross earnings) alone from attending meetings of the Economic and Social Council (CES).

The communications minister earns less than a PR specialist at the Societatea Nationala de Radiocomunica]ii (National Radiocommunications Company), while the Post Office chief accountant earns double as much as the company's manager. As expected, the same mess is to be found in state-held IT&C companies and institutions as in the rest of the public sector, where auxiliary personnel is often better paid than managers, who carry the biggest responsibilities.

The only institution where earnings appear to be logically distributed is the Ministry of Communications (MCSI), with few earners making more money than the mini