Romania’s Hungarian Minority Party Asks IMF To Approve Wage, Pension Hikes In 2012
The Hungarian minority party UDMR, part of Romania’s ruling coalition, will ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve public wage and pension hikes in 2012 and oppose the enforcement of the new healthcare reform bill this year, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely told MEDIAFAX Wednesday.
Borbely, the party’s vice-president, said the major changes brought about by the new bill could be misinterpreted, considering Romania is holding local and parliamentary elections this year. Borbely also told MEDIAFAX the new bill will be put up for debate this year but should not be enforced this year.
UDMR will also discuss with the IMF officials the new changes regarding the co-payment system in the healthcare sector. End-2010, Borbely said his party will propose amending the law regulating the co-payment system, to set a potential 400 lei (EUR92) ceiling for healthcare services for which the co-payment is applied.
UDMR leaders and ministers will meet with IMF officials Wednesday, at the Government headquarters, while a meeting between the latter and Prime Minister Emil Boc is set for Thursday.
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