„I believe the president is in an ongoing campaign, not electoral but political whereby he attempst to denigrate everything lying outside his influence reach”, Senate president stated quoated by Mediafax.
Tăriceanu referred back to 2008 and added that although he opposed teachers’ salaries increase by 50%, Traian Băsescu considered at the time that political will was enough to enact this measure.
"Let us remember, I believe people do not have such a short memory. You do remember that back then it was the subject of an enormous pressure on the topic of teachers’ salaries increase, although we approached the elections campaign or were at the limit, I had the courage to say that such an increase is not possible. Of course a very unpopular thing to do, but necessary. I took these risks and the results that we obtained in the elections must have been influenced by this decision we took, because basically the PNL only registered 20% ", Tăriceanu stressed.
"At the same time, I would like to remind you what the president said at the time, that political will was enough so that salaries should be increased by 50%. (...) In the summer of 2010, the presidential elections had passed, the president had been elected for a new term, and then what happened? Not the salaries increase the President had promised, but a 25% reduction of salaries of all public servants. So that is the history with Mr. Basescu. The rest spares me from further comments " Senate President said.
About the performance of Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Minister of Finance, Ioana Petrescu, during the consultations with President Traian Basescu, Tariceanu wanted to clarify that he spoke with the Prime Minister, and the fiscal, economic measures are the exclusive prerogative of the Government.