Invoking access to secret information, Grindeanu asks those who advise the Government for fiscal measures to publish wealth and interest statements
The interim leader of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, believes that the members of the working group coordinated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Dragoș Anastasiu, must respect the law, respectively publish statements of wealth and intention, stressing that they will have access to secret information.
“I saw the statements and spoke to the Deputy Prime Minister yesterday, explaining what I do not think is legal and what should be directed. Even if it is a group that has extraordinary good intentions and is informal. When you work in the Government, you have to have access, to give you access to information with a secret-I do not know. On Wednesday, in Parliament, according to Agerpres.
The President of the Social Democrats says that the law must be observed and no room for suspicions should be left.
“If you want to talk about companies, it is very good. I do not want to be misunderstood, but some of them, to give an example, can be listed on the stock market. You, if you are an extraordinary financial analyst, if you do not have a transparent statement and all things to be as clear, and you can suspicion.
“I only want to be transparency and to respect the law in a way in which we start, in which we make a group, above, nowhere, without institutionalizing that group, without saying who is formed, without that group, we have access or not to classified information, it gives a declaration of wealth, that you have a statement. Legal.
Measures targeting state -owned companies
The reduction of the number of members of the board of directors and supervision in the state companies, of their remuneration, but also the capping of the benefits are among the measures proposed by the Executive to make the state companies announced by Dragoș Anastasiu, in a press conference held at the Victoria Palace on Tuesday.
The working group will prepare a series of changes in the legislation on corporate governance.
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on Monday that he will form “a working group for reindustrialization”, consisting of managers in the private domain who will have the role of improving the administration of state companies.
“Several managers of companies in the private sector, experts who master elements of economy, have been offered volunteers to advise the government on establishing performance indicators, measurable and specific, to make the management of state companies better than we currently have. For the reindustrialization of Romania, which supports us to lower the commercial deficit. Format Mr. Anastasiu will come up with some proposals to interfere or destroy public state companies or interfere in policies to create some direct commercial advantages, ”said Bolojan, in a B1 TV show.
Name announced by Anastasiu
Dragoș Anastasiu also presented, at the press conference on Tuesday at the Victoria Palace in which he announced the measures that will target the state companies, a short list of specialists who advise the Government on the fiscal measures taken to reduce the country's budget deficit. The consultative group includes the hope of Munteanu, Mihaela Mitroi, Crenguța Leana, Iancu Guda and Anca Grigorescu, according to the Deputy Prime Minister.
“In the last period we have consulted with extremely many people, and from the public area, and from the private area. And there have been many who have voluntarily contributed to the deep understanding of what is happening and what we have to do. We initiated an approach to gather a group of people in a consultative council that remains, anyway, or in any case. People, I will want to nominate some of them, and the list will remain open. Guda, Anca Grigorescu and stop here.
Anastasiu said that these people had access only to public data. “There is no other data,” he said.
Asked if the members of this group will be paid, Dragoș Anastasiu replied: “No, they will be volunteers. I just want to help. There are people who have proven performance in their professional life.”
Previously, on Tuesday, PNL vice -president, Nicoleta Pauliuc, sent a support message for the initiative of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan to create a working group dedicated to the re -industrialization of Romania, consisting of managers from the private sector and proven results, but she demanded transparency from the vice -prime minister. “Romanians have the right to know who contributes to the decisions that affect the economy and future of these companies, and we want this whole process to take place open and correctly,” Pauliuc wrote in a message on Facebook.
Who are the members of this advisory group
Hope Munteanu is a Senior Advisor of KPMG on strategy and restructuring issues. After leading for 10 years practical restructuring in KPMG Romania and EEC, it is now carrying out KPMG strategic counseling activities.
Mihaela Mitroi is a fiscal consultant, Partner GTA Group.
Iancu Guda is currently an economic analyst, a former producer of the show “Money in motion” that was broadcast by the Digi24 post.
Crenguța Leaua is a lawyer with a vast experience, specialized in international arbitration, who has won for Romania the process with Gabriel Resources.
Anca Grigorescu is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience. He is a coordinator of the Labor Law Committee of the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK), CO-HEAD of the Labor Law Committee in the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and an active member within Employment Task Force in the Coalition for the Development of Romania.
