CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, ROBERTA ANASTASE: "Freezing the wages of the members of Parliament would be a natural thing to do"

The Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberta Anastase, said, on Friday, that a possible wage freeze for members of the Parliament would be natural, given the fact that a similar measure was taken for all other public servants.

"As long as we are cutting salaries for all public sector employees, it is only natural that the members of the Parliament submit to the same policy", Roberta Anastase said. According to Agerpres, the Chairman of the lower chamber of the Parliament said the freezing of wages in the public system should begin with the Parliament and said that this decision will not generate negative reactions from the members of the Parliament. "I would not worry about a negative reaction from the members of the Parliament, but I do believe we will see a normal reaction of acceptance of the decision", Roberta Anastase added.

On a different matter, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, issued a call to deputies to vote in favor of the request made by Adrian Năstase that the cases he is involved in be allowed to go to court. "Adrian Năstase"s statement makes me happy, especially as I have a great hope that it will be taken seriously by absolutely all members of the Parliament and that they will vote in favor of Mr. Năstase"s request that these cases follow their natural course in court without being held back by the Parliament, which has no attributions to award a solution on the main issue in such cases", said Mrs. Anastase.

We hereby clarify that PSD deputy Adrian Năstase is requesting that the Parliament allow his cases to go on trial, claiming that they are just a form of political harassment and that he is not guilty.