The second package of fiscal measures arouses dissatisfaction not only inside the coalition, but also outside it. The government is facing protests from the teachers, dissatisfied with the reform in education, and the magistrates, which challenge the changes made to the service pensions. “It is a power game between unions and the employer at the moment, which can go anywhere ”, The sociologist Gelu Sunday is of opinion.
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The teachers announced the boycott of the beginning of the school year. According to union leaders, 30,000 teachers are expected on September 8, when they should participate in the festivities for opening the school year, a protest in Victoriei Square. The government building is not the only concerned. The teachers will go to the Cotroceni Palace.
The measures in package II also affect the magistrates. Several courts of appeal in the country announced the suspension of the activity. The magistrates protest in the context of the project that would decrease their retirement age to 65 years and decrease the cumulation of the pension they can benefit from 70% of the last net salary. Prime Minister Bolojan announced that the retirement age would grow in a period of 10 years, but that did not calm the magistrates.
In the case of teachers, a situation that the governors are facing annually, there are two variants, explains the sociologist Gelu Sunday: in the first case the executive retains their position, and the teachers will return to the chair, given that the days of protest are not considered working days, and the teachers will not receive their salaries. The second option is that the government could give up and reach a compromise with the teachers, the latter being the reason for the current protests.
“Unfortunately, this game is a power game, to be honest. It is a power game between unions and employer at the moment, which can go anywhere,” explains the sociologist Gelu Sunday.
The Minister of Education, Daniel David, admits that, with the fiscal-budgetary measures adopted by the Government, the revenues in the education system will decrease, but emphasizes that the basic salaries of the titular teachers will not be affected, but only the income regarding the time.
Magistrates oppose the reform of special pensions
Economic analyst Cristian Păun emphasizes in the case of magistrates “It is a great injustice at the level of society. It is necessary not only for justice, but also a social justice that does not happen in the courts or should not happen in the courts or in the area of the magistracy. This social justice happens by legislation, by law, with the help of politicians, those who have given these privileges in time and who now have to correct them. Magistrates must understand that these privileges are not deserved in law and they are contrary to the financial situation of the country, but also contrary to common sense, contrary to normality ”.
The pension conditions currently applied to magistrates are not justified, the economist points out, showing that they allow the magistrates to retire much earlier and to re -enlist.
“Let us hope that the current politicians will have enough strength to resist them and make these necessary corrections”, also emphasizes Cristian Păun, pointing out that “At the moment public finances are made dust”again “These categories have been lying for some time that everything is fine, everything is pink, everything is going perfectly, and the economy dudes”.
Currently, magistrates can retire after only 25 years of seniority in work and benefit from a pension of 80% of the gross income.
