Ponta had said earlier that, after Finance Minister-designate Florin Georgescu began “looking over some papers,” he became aware that neither the Boc nor Ungureanu cabinets had set aside money to bring salaries in the public sector back to their initial level. The prospective prime minister added that the situation is “much worse” than previously announced.
However, Dan Suciu, spokesman for the incumbent Ungureanu Cabinet, said the Government’s data indicates the economy would support a salary raise in the second half of the year.