PM Boc will pay up if he will fail to endorse the reforms agreed with the IMF, one newspaper reads on Friday. President Basescu continues to assure that PM Boc will not be dismissed. Moreover, he assures that pensions will increase by the end of the year. Another newspaper made up a top of the institutions that offer the most bonuses. Last but not least, in times of crises, massive lay offs and salary and pension cuts, President Basescu pays 50,000 euro to golden up a Church.
PM Boc will pay if he fails to implement the program scheduled with the IMF, Evenimentul Zilei reads. However, President Basescu insisted that a change in government - a subject in the media in the last weeks - is not an option.
The last thing Romania needs right now is a political crisis, on top of the economic one, Basescu declared. The newspaper reads that it is for the second time when President Basescu explains the silence of the Prime Minister.
Basescu said that he is a player, after all, and whenever there are hard decisions to be made, he is there to find solutions. Moreover, Basescu commented on the recently approved law regulating the National Integrity Agency. He underlined that he will not pass the law if there were excesses to diminish the capacity of the agency to do its job.
Gandul notes that the President explained in a press conference, the austerity measures negotiated with the IMF. Basescu said that pensions might be cut only until the end of the year and gave a hope to those who are angry.
Moreover, he suggested that the next IMF installment might not get on time because the measures might not be taken when needed and this might delay the payment.
Elsewhere in the news, Gandul reads that over 1.1 billion lei, the equivalent of 262 million euro, entered the pockets of 336.648 budgetary personnel as bonuses
