The Foundation For The Defense Of Citizens Against State Abuses (FACIAS), as part of the project launched at the end of last year to monitor the work of the government in terms of compliance with the promises made when it took over office, has identified a number of significant failures in the act of government.
Previously, FACIAS had pointed to the government's failure to deliver on important goals, such as promises to increase child support or eliminate inequalities in the public pension system.
The quality of governance, which was initially very weak, has declined even more in recent months after the economic and social problems were combined with a major political crisis.
The government has shown a complete lack of concern for the problems and interests of Romanian citizens, the most important items on the public agenda being completely missed.
Thus, Romania has not yet received approval for the NRRP, due to its faulty drafting. Promises to complete the Plan have been broken several times, and today we are one of the few European countries whose NRRP has not been approved. There are now 12 EU countries that have already received the first tranches of funding and have started implementing investments.
The school started under the spectre of the eternal problems related to health authorisations, with many educational establishments either not having received this authorisation or just in the process of doing so. Also, as Minister Sorin Cîmpeanu said, hundreds of schools across the country are unable to provide health protection measures in the context of the pandemic.
After last year's doubts about free transport for pupils, we are now in a situation where we have an ineffective legal framework, and carriers blame the government for not being able to solve this problem.
The elimination of inequalities in the public pension system, one of the priorities stated by the government and promised for this year, now has a legislative deadline of 2023 and actual implementation of 2025.
Romania's economic situation has deteriorated markedly in recent months and the increase in external debt is significant. Official data show that it has increased by more than €6 billion in just seven months, to more than €131 billion.
Two of the biggest problems affecting Romanians today are accelerating inflation and the significant rise in energy prices. The government has not taken steps to cap gas prices. Today we see how other European countries, such as Spain, have reacted promptly and capped prices, and taken a number of related measures to reduce the burden on consumers.
With the recent political crisis seemingly far from being resolved, FACIAS warns that the irresponsibility and lack of concern shown by the government will have disastrous effects.