The paradox of the state budget system is that thedysfunctionality of the administration cannot be offset by salarycuts, but by the introduction of clear performance criteria and bysalaries big enough to motivate decision-makers.
ZF wrote about the danger of low salaries for thehighest-ranking officials at the beginning of June, and the topicwas brought up again publicly by Lucian Croitoru, advisor of theNational Bank of Romania Governor Mugur Isărescu yesterday.
According to Croitoru, the salaries of the Romanian high-rankingofficials are extremely low compared with their position, which iswhy the hypothesis of high-level corruption remains.
"Everybody is complaining about salaries, but admits that thesalaries of the President, of the Prime Minister and of theministers are extremely low, compared with the position they hold,which is why we maintain the hypothesis of high-level corruption.This is why we cannot have trained people in the Government, notnecessarily in the current one," Croitoru was quoted as saying byMediafax yesterday.
This is the first time when an official part of theadministration publicly speaks about the need for high salaries atthe highest level, while most ministers are showing off bygenerously donating their salaries.
Unless high salaries are granted for the highest positions, thepublic administration will never be able to attract capable peoplewho want a career in the public sector, and ministers will alwaysbe mere puppets or will try to use their position to make moremoney by resorting to influence peddling. A raise of the ministers'salaries by five or six times must come with harsh restructuringsteps for the state-run organisations.
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