Labor Minister Marius Budai says that when he announced the PSD’s proposals for increased income and new support measures, “he did not go out of his way” at a press conference, recalling that PSD leader Marcel Čolaku “announced more time” that the PSD is working on such a new program as “Support for Romania”.

“We are convinced that there can be no ideological disputes when it comes to supporting the population and the economy. We are simply not in a period where we have time for arguments, when our goal should be to support Romania. I want to tell you that I did not go to the press conference alone. It was a party decision. I am a disciplined person, I don’t do anything by myself. And when the press conference started today, I said the following: “these are the measures that we, the PSD, will propose in the coalition based on analysis, based on numbers and estimates, based on everything that means impacting the budget.” (…) It was very clear and it was supposed that we would propose a series of measures. Since the launch of the last support package for Romania with those vouchers and those 700 lei, I remind you that publicly the president of the PSD party clearly said that we will work on another package of measures because it is necessary,” said Marius Budai. , on Wednesday evening, during a telephone intervention on Antena 3, according to News.ro.

The Labor Minister was keen to stress that “there should be no problem” with his public appearance, recalling that National Liberal Party ministers had also released proposals that had not been discussed in the governing coalition.

“Why do I say that there should be no problems? Minister Marcel Bolosh even announced a possible future… for these cards, these vouchers will also be valid next year. It was not discussed in the coalition. This vision, he offered it. This proposal also came from the PNL with an increase in the threshold from 2,000 to 3,000, it was not discussed in the coalition, they proposed it,” Budai added.

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Marius Budei: “I don’t expect reshuffles”

Regarding the reaction of Prime Minister Nikolae Chuke, Marius Budai wanted to emphasize that he only said that he would not comment publicly, and that these proposals would be discussed in the coalition.

Budai emphasized that these are not his personal proposals, but those of the party.

“I don’t count on personnel changes, I count on an honest discussion in the coalition,” the minister also said, answering questions.

At the same time, when asked whether the coalition would fall apart in the event of his reshuffle, Marius Budai replied that he was “unable to give an answer.”

“I repeat: I did not go to the public on my own, I did not hold a conference on my own behalf. It was the decision of the Social Democratic Party that we continue to propose the coalition to implement the measures. (…) At the beginning of today’s presentation, I did not say that it will be from tomorrow. I said that we will put PSD’s proposals on the table for dialogue in the coalition,” Budai confirmed.

Also, when asked what the PSD will do if the PSD proposals are not accepted and accepted, the labor minister stressed that it will be analyzed and a “final decision” will be made, recalling that the measures are “extremely justified, extremely well calculated.”

When asked by Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke whether pensions and salaries will be increased from January 1, 2023, as proposed by the PSD, Marius Buday’s statement on this matter was not discussed in the coalition or in the government. The PNL leader also said that he had discussed the topic with the leader of the Social Democrats, Marcel Čolaku, but remained at the level of intentions. The head of the executive power added that such measures should have real, financial support, and there should be a budget opportunity to support measures to increase pensions and salaries.

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