Nicolae Ciuca says public system salary increases will take place depending on budget collection

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca said on Thursday night at the public broadcaster TVR 1 that the increase of salaries in the public system, according to Law 153/2017, could take place, if the revenues to the state budget increase, agerpres reports.

He asserted that for the Government he leads it is not "comfortable" to postpone the application of the piece of legislation.

"It is not at all comfortable for the Government either, because the more we prorogue a law, the more this difference increases and the amount increases proportionally. As such, all we have thought about, all that we have on the table today, is to be able to have investments, to increase collection and to be able to apply the law as it was approved," the Executive's chief said.

The Prime minister explained that the salary increases to be applied, from January 1, 2022, for some of the employees of the Health system, but also for the employees in Education are justified by the work done by the respective categories of employees.

"The decision by which we decided that a part of the Health system, and here we refer to the nurses and stretchers, and the Education staff to receive a part of what was due to them, according to the law, was a decision that we took into account considering the work they carried out, they carry out and are going to carry out directly with the patients and those in Education with the students, asking the others to have confidence that, as the budget collections will be as planned, we will do everything in our ability to apply the law," added Nicolae Ciuca.