Transport minister Ioan Rus resigns

Newsroom 11/06/2015 | 21:27

After several political leaders have asked on Thursday the resignation of Transport minister Ioan Rus for a series of statements he made to a private television about the Romanians from abroad and their families, the minister sent a press release with apologies and said the words he had used were “an artistic generalization”.

According to Agerpres, also on Thursday, prime minister Victor Ponta has accepted the resignation of Ioan Rus. “I regret the situation generated by the statements of Mr. Ioan Rus! He has assumed responsibility and filed his resignation! I have accepted his resignation and next week we’ll discuss about this portfolio’s replacement!” Ponta wrote on his Facebook page, shortly after a talk he had with minister Ioan Rus at the Victoria Palace.

“Romania has got 3 million nationals, let’s say, of the active force, right now in the Western Europe. Out of them, around one million work as steel fixers, blacksmiths and so on. They work in constructions, in speedway sites through Europe. Perhaps they earn EUR 1,500. I put it very directly. For that money, their children at home become punks and their wives whores. For EUR 700, half of them would return home,” said Ioan Rus.

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