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The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies met this Tuesday to debate the bills on the rectification of the state budget and the state budget of social security for 2020, which include the PSD amendment on increasing the pension point by 40% , instead of 14.%, according to the Government’s proposal.
Following Tuesday’s meeting, the budget amendment was adopted, which includes a 40% increase in pensions. In addition, according to the changes made in the specialized commissions and adopted by the plenary session, the salaries of teachers should be increased this year and the local authorities would receive more money.
There were 242 votes in favor, the changes were supported by PSD, ALDE, Pro Romania and UDMR. PNL announced that it will challenge the law in the Constitutional Court.
The initial news
Before Tuesday’s meeting, PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu said he expected representatives from the PMP, UDMR, Pro Romania, ALDE and independent parliamentarians to vote to increase the pension point by 40%.
“We will enter the Plenary meeting with the rectification project and we will make the changes so that the laws voted in parliament are respected, it is a law passed, respectively, pensions will be increased by 40%. I also heard from the Governor of the National Bank, who said that almost 7 billion euros were borrowed in seven months, respectively one billion euros per month.
Let them come and tell us where that money is and why we don’t have money to increase pensions. I think the PMP and UDMR leaders, Pro Romania confirmed me, Mr. Tariceanu said they are still voting … I also had discussions with minorities, I hope they remain consistent, they also voted last time to increase pensions by 40 % “, Said Marcel Ciolacu.
We remind you that, last Wednesday, the Budget Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate reported the approval of the budget rectification, with 20 votes “in favor” and one “against”, adopting an amendment to the PSD repealing article according to which the pension point is increased. by 14% and its increase by 40%, provided for in the law of the public pension system, remains in force.
The pensions of millions of Romanians, decided today. Căţu: “It is a criminal act”
In relation to today’s vote, Florin Cîțu, the Finance Minister, declared that the PSD’s intention to modify the budget rectifications, with the main objective of increasing pensions by 40%, is a “criminal act”.
Cîțu explained that Romania is in a difficult period, similar to the one before the 2010 economic crisis, and an increase in spending could blow up the country.
“What they do in a difficult period for Romania, in a period of global economic crisis, is like an act of aggression against Romania’s economic stability, and they use the majority in Parliament. These people will be responsible for everything they do and I hope they reply as soon as possible.
I am sure that not all the people in the Romanian Parliament want to blow up Romania. I am sure that in addition to NLP there are others who will vote against these aberrations. But if this law is passed, we will not allow Romania to explode this year. We are not irresponsible. In 2008, the same toxic socialist majority proposed an increase in the electoral campaign of teachers’ salaries by exactly 50% ”, said Cîțu, quoted by Agerpres.
“We will not throw Romania into crisis because it wants PSD”
The Finance Minister also specified that the then Prime Minister, Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, said that this cannot be done but today he affirms, it has changed, he is with the socialists: what followed we know very well: Romania was demoted, the types of Interest rose, it was inflation, we entered the economic crisis from which we emerged in 2015. The same happens today if we let them continue, with this program of theirs to amend the budget corrections. We will not let them, we will not put Romania in crisis because they want PSD, Arsene and the rest of the criminal gang. “
