At an informal meeting on Wednesday, national leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) George Simion put forth a list of picks for an AUR government led by the alliance’s first deputy chairman Dorin Luea.
„AUR proposes a government composed of 11 ministers and two deputy prime ministers instead of 18 portfolios as there are currently, and 50 senior state officials. We are witnessing a drastic decrease in the number of senior state officials, who, under the Social Democratic Party – National Liberal Party (PSD-PNL) government, exceeded 200. (…). We have designated the 11 ministers that AUR proposes for the future cabinet and most of the senior state officials. We believe that it is right for us to come up with an alternative government and explain to the people who is implementing the Simion Plan for governing Romania from late 2024 onwards. I would like the ministers proposed by AUR to have debates with the ministers proposed by PSD, PNL or members of the two parties,” Simion is quoted as saying in a press statement released by AUR.
According to the AUR national leader, the list of ministers includes former head of the National House of Public Pensions Dorina Barcari, who would take over the Ministry of Labour and Pensions. For the portfolio of the Ministry of National Economy, AUR proposes Petrisor Peiu, and at the helm of the Ministry of Administration and Interior AUR picks Valer Kovacs, a police officer from Timiasora „abusively kicked out of the system.” AUR’s pick for justice minister is lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, while businessman Mohammad Murad would take over the portfolio of deputy prime minister for tourism and entrepreneurship.
„We need many more employed people and we need to find solutions so that cuts in labour taxation may generate benefits. We need to find solutions so that more and more Romanians return home, and we do not have to import workforce from Nepal, Pakistan and other third-rate countries. There are these solutions, and that is why we have gathered in this first working meeting and tried to identify them.”
AGERPRES
