{"id":9560,"date":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9560"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","slug":"romanian-pm-says-parliament-not-government-responsible-for-high-court-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9560","title":{"rendered":"Romanian PM says parliament, not government responsible for High Court budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan said responsibility for reductions to the High Court\u2019s budget lies with parliament rather than the government, amid a legal dispute over funding. The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has filed a preliminary complaint seeking additional funds and asking the Bucharest Court of Appeal to compel the government and finance ministry to allocate the requested amounts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\/stirile-zilei\/curtea-suprema-de-justitie-a-dat-in-judecata-guvernul-ilie-bolojan-pentru-neplata-drepturilor-salariale-restante-ale-magistratilor-23712178\" target=\"_blank\">Mediafax<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The court also requested that daily penalties be imposed on prime minister Bolojan and finance minister Alexandru Nazare until the funds are disbursed.<\/p>\n<p>Bolojan told Digi24, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b1tv.ro\/politica\/ilie-bolojan-trimite-iccj-sa-se-judece-cu-parlamentul-cum-vede-procesul-deschis-de-magistrati-impotriva-guvernului-pentru-bani-1677889.html?mc_cid=14617abf0d&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">B1tv.ro<\/a>, that the Ministry of Finance had initially drafted the 2026 budget, and the government approved it in a different form, but parliament later amended the bill, reducing the ICCJ\u2019s allocation. He said the changes were made to finance a \u201csolidarity package\u201d promoted by the Social Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not the government that made this cut, but parliament,\u201d Bolojan said, adding that the executive cannot be held responsible for amendments adopted during the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to broader fiscal constraints, saying Romania faces limited budgetary resources and competing spending priorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a problem of budgetary and social affordability,\u201d Bolojan said, noting that the country is in a difficult financial situation.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister suggested that, given the constraints, authorities may need to consider staggered payments for certain obligations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWhen you do not have enough money, and you have to pay some amounts that come historically from behind, there is a moral right to think about certain instalments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he comments on the ICCJ&#8217;s move, president Nicusor Dan replied: &#8220;It is an institution that exercised a right, that&#8217;s what I can conclude at this moment,&#8221; after agreeing that \u201cit&#8217;s not normal for the state to owe money to certain social categories\u201d and \u201cit&#8217;s a complex of phenomena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan said responsibility for reductions to the High Court\u2019s budget lies with parliament rather than the government, amid a legal dispute over funding. The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has filed a preliminary complaint seeking additional funds and asking the Bucharest Court of Appeal to compel the government and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}