Iohannis to members of new Gov't:You take over the failure of previous Gov'ts;citizens expect clear direction

President Klaus Iohannis conveyed on Monday to members of the new Gov't that they have to put in efforts so that things come back to normal because the citizens expect a clear direction. 

"You start your mandate under the most unfavorable auspices. You have a difficult mission, but you have to be convincing, starting from a low confidence capital, generated, in the first place, by the political and administrative errors made by the previous two Cabinets. Therefore, you take over, from the start, the failure bill of the two previous Governments, which were also proposed by this majority, and you have, all the more, the obligation to make efforts so that things come back to normal," the head of state said at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace after the ministers of Dancila Cabinet were sworn-in office. 

He stressed that too much time has been wasted and numerous opportunities have been missed, because the promises from the electoral campaign regarding the growth of the citizens' prosperity and serving the common good have been ignored from the beginning. 

"It is a situation which has generated numerous negative effects in the economy and society, and things must be urgently corrected," the head of state said. 

President Iohannis added that in the area of fiscal policies, the changes announced and introduced have anguished the population and the business environment. 

"Instead of simplifying things, for the growth of wages, we deal with uncertainties which risk to generate financial instability and major economic imbalances. Instead of promises regarding the increase of wages, there are many employees today claiming that their salaries will actually drop," he said. 

President Klaus Iohannis pointed out that coherence within society is needed in the year when Romania celebrates the Greater Union Centennial. 

"2018 is the year when we celebrate the Centennial of modern Romania and a unique moment in the existence of the Romanian nation. There is a need for solidarity, unity, coherence at the level of society and not just to properly mark the anniversary of 100 years since the Greater Union, but to draw, first of all, Romania's future directions. So far, we haven't had major projects to gather the main social actors. Instead, we have great expectations from Romanians. The citizens expect a clear, unambiguous direction, in line with the aspirations of strengthening the rule of law, releasing institutions from the threat of corruption. people want prosperity in a country in which politicians respect citizens, a country that knows what it wants and where it is heading. There are things that the political power after the elections of December 2016 did not want to or has not been able to deliver until now. It is you responsibility to do it," Iohannis concluded. 

Members of Dancila Cabinet were sworn-in office on Monday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace. All the members of the Executive made the sign of the cross after being sworn-in and Eugen Teodorovici - the Minister of Public Finance and Bogdan Gheorghe Trif - Minister of Tourism forgot to initially sign the investiture. George Ivascu replaced the phrase "the Romanian people" with "my people" during the swearing-in ceremony.

AGERPRES