On Tuesday, Marcel Ciolacu had a meeting with Kelemen Hunor to discuss the fiscal measures that the Government wants to undertake in Parliament next week and to make sure that the UDMR will not sign the censure motion.
Kelemen Hunor and Marcel CiolacuPhoto: INQUAM Photos / Octav Ganea
“We said that, first of all, we must take into account the principle of local autonomy. You cannot intervene from the central level to say what the local authorities are allowed to do and what they are not allowed to do, how much they should spend on culture, sports, religion and so on. So it cannot be accepted. That percentage of 2.5% must disappear from the project, because that means you intervened over the local authorities”, said Kelemen.
The leader of the UDMR stated that “it’s about local taxes and fees and you can’t impose what percentage you can give to certain activities”.
“The electorate answers and holds local elected officials accountable, not the Ministry of Finance. That is why performance criteria cannot be established, the second issue, from the central level for local authorities for local authority institutions. For the local elected officials, there is no way for you to establish criteria from the central level, and I said that this provision must disappear from the project”, he added.
According to Kelemen Hunor, “cultural institutions must be exempted from merging when there are less than 50 positions”.
“That would mean that you don’t understand the cultural phenomenon, you don’t understand how cultural institutions, county museums, local museums, theaters, philharmonics work, and you can’t combine their folklore ensemble with the county museum and the library with the theater. Cultural institutions must be exempted”, emphasized the UDMR leader.
USR, but also AUR announced that they want to submit a motion of no confidence if the government assumes responsibility for the fiscal measures.
