Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan explained why he decided to donate 20% of the salary and stated what happened to the money collected.
Bogdan Ivan explained why he donated 20% of the photo salary: Mediafax / Alexandru Dobre
At the Digi24 interviews, the Minister of Energy, Bogdan Ivan, spoke about the decision to donate 20% of the salary and provided details about how this amount was managed. So far, about 60,000 lei have been collected.
Asked if he continued to donate 20% of the salary, Bogdan Ivan said: “And I, and several colleagues from energy companies, continued, some of them, I did not have to do the census. About 60,000 lei were collected ”. The minister said that the money is transferred to the treasury account of the Ministry of Energy and, subsequently, reach the state budget.
Gesture motivation
Bogdan Ivan also explained the context of the decision: “I think it can be considered populist. Many people I met then told me: VAT, all of us, on the population. CAS, CASS, all of us. What do you do? I was put in the situation where, with coordination companies whose managers have higher salaries than the President’s salary and I asked them to donate some of their income, It was illogical for me to ask someone to do something without doing the first. “
The decision to donate 20% of the salary was announced in July. Then, Bogdan Ivan said that with him they will donate some of the salary and heads of state -owned companies such as Nuclearelectrica, Hidroelectrica, Elcen, Sape and Romgaz.
