Viorel Catarama Calls On Ludovic Orban To Resign
Liberal lawmaker Viorel Catarama is calling on liberal leader Ludovic Orban to resign, accusing the latter of taking the party to a tightrope.
Catarama’s request comes in the context of information according to which some liberals prefer artist Tudor Chirila for the Bucharest City Hall. The artist, however, denied it and deemed the Liberal Party a „toxic party.”
Catarama is calling on Orban to resign or be sacked by the party. (cotidianul.ro)
Basescu: Romania’s President Cannot Revoke Prime Minister
Senator Traian Basescu, head of the People’s Movement Party (PMP), said President Klaus Iohannis cannot revoke the current prime minister in case of a potential criminal prosecution, following the criminal complaint filed by liberal leader Ludovic Orban, because the Constitution does not grant him such a right.
Basescu pointed out that if had had this opportunity, he would have revoked former prime ministers Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Victor Ponta.
Basescu emphasized that if a prosecutor “starts a criminal prosecution in rem and finds that PM Viorica Dancila committed high treason”, then, they can ask President Iohannis to “approve the start of a criminal prosecution in personam”. (jurnalul.ro)
Romanian Counties With Highest Wages
Employees in Bucharest and the counties of Cluj, Timis and Ilfov will receive, in 2018, the highest monthly net wages. At the opposite end of the scale, are the counties of Bistrita-Nasaud, Ialomita and Harghita, with the lowest wages.
In terms of regions, the highest net wages will be registered in Bucharest – Ilfov (RON3,555 per employee), The West will see net wages of RON2,590 per employee and the North-West will see wages of RON2,479 per employee. The South-West Oltenia, North-East and South-East regions will see the lowest net wages, of RON2,282, RON2,267 and RON2,159, respectively.
In terms of counties, Vaslui will see the highest unemployment rate, of 10%, at the end of 2018, followed by Teleorman (9.8%) and Mehedinti (9%). The lowest unemployment rates are expected in the counties of Ilfov (0.5%), Timis (1%) and Arad (1.4%). (jurnalul.ro)
Bankers: Increase In Taxes Is Imminent
The public budget cannot be balanced only with the money to be taken from the private pension Pillar II -a measure through which Romania will issue a negative signal abroad -therefore, authorities will have to raise taxes, according to several bankers present at a press conference.
Florian Libocor, chief economist at BRD, warned politicians who rule the country that an increase in taxes will be very hard to implement after they had promised to eliminate some taxes.
Libocor thinks cutting investments, which has been constantly seen, is another measure aimed at balancing the budget. (puterea.ro)