Financiarul

The ministers nominated for the Croitoru Cabinet will be heard in Parliament starting on Wednesday, in the expert commissions of the two chambers, Liberal Mihai Voicu announced after a joint meeting of the Standing Bureaus of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

“The hearings will start in 48 hours , according to the regulations. Ministers will be heard in the joint standing commissions of the Parliament’s Chambers, as of Wednesday. They will continue on Thursday and, if necessary, on Friday, Voicu said, adding that a joint Parliament session has been set for next Wednesday, at 10.00 a.m.
He added that most of the candidates’ CVs have to be filled in with details about their activity before 1989.

The joint regulation of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate stipulate that, following the hearings, the commissions will draw up a joint consultative opinion and will present it to the candidate for the PM seat.
Granting the Government a confidence vote requires the votes of 236 MPs. In case this vote is denied, the Parliament notifies the President on that, who will have to nominate another candidate for the same position.

The PM designate Lucian Croitoru announced on Friday the componence of the new Cabinet, made up of 14 ministers: Gheorghe Pogea – Finances Minister, Florin Saghi – Administration and Interior Minister, Radu Berceanu – Minister of Transport and Communications, Bogdan Aurescu – Foreign Affairs Minister, Adriean Videanu – Economy and Trade Minister, Daniel Funeriu – Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sport, Vasile Blaga – Minister of Regional Development and Tourism, Mihai Seitan – Labour Minister, Mihai Stanisoara – Defence Minister, Catalin Predoiu – Justice Minister, Adrian Radulescu – Agriculture Minister, Cristian Vladescu – Health Minister, Theodor Paleologu – Culture Minister, Sulfina Barbu – Environment Minister.