The government aims to reduce the administrative staff by 20%. Nicușor Dan: “You need to leave people from the system”
President Nicuşor Dan said he trusted that the Government will be able to reduce the staff from the local and central administration by 20% until the following elections, needing “for us to balance the system ”, whereas “There are significant areas where there is need for exits from the system, as there are areas where more people are needed. ”
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The head of state said that this measure will not apply to areas such as police, health or education.
“Obviously, if we look at the entire administrative system, central and local, there are significant areas where there are exits from the system, as there are areas where more people in the system, for example on the police part responsible for public security. And there are some such examples. So we need to balance the system.”said Nicuşor Dan at the Public Conference “Europe at the crossroads – security, prosperity and our common future ”.
“In the 3.5 years left until election, the government will be able to reach or approach the 20% discount target in the administrative structures“, Said Nicușor Dan.
The president added that the discussions regarding the restructuring of the local administration will continue in the coming weeks and stressed the need for town halls to optimize their expenses and prioritize investments. “Within the coalition, a balance will be found so that a common and assumed decision to reduce the administration's spending“He added.
The president mentioned that we also need to return to a law of unique pay, “because we had it, only that we have correctly corrected it that they are very high discrepancies between institutions.”
“In order to give you a general answer, it is necessary in certain institutions, and central and local, to leave people from the system. It requires discounts, on other segments, goods and services, stages of investments and I am sure that in the coalition the balance will be found so that we have a common, assumed decision”said the president.
The president was on Tuesday, in Timisoara, with several official moments included in the agenda. The head of state laid a wreath at the monument “Crucifixion”, Raised in the memory of the heroes of the Revolution of December 1989, within a ceremony with military honors.
