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Bolojan passes responsibility for SAFE program: 'The management scheme was established and voted on during Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's term'

From Adevărul · (8m ago) Romanian

Translated from Romanian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan stated that the SAFE program's management scheme was established and approved during the previous government's term under Marcel Ciolacu.
  • Bolojan refuted claims that the current administration made the decision to allocate a larger portion of SAFE funds to a German company, asserting it was a pre-existing decision.
  • He clarified that SAFE procurements are part of the Romanian Army's long-term strategic equipment plans, approved years ago by the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT), with a focus on ensuring at least 50% domestic production.

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has firmly pushed back against what he terms "tendentious and erroneous" accusations regarding the allocation of funds within the SAFE program. Speaking at a press conference in Suceava, Bolojan clarified that the management framework for the five billion euro program was not a product of the current government's decision-making but was established and voted upon during the tenure of former Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.

Întrebarea este tendenţioasă şi eronată. Şi voi face precizările de rigoare. În mandatul premierului Marcel Ciolacu s-a stabilit şi s-a votat schema de gestionare a programului SAFE. Şi la data respectivă, la propunerea premierului, Canceleria prim-ministrului a fost desemnată ca integrator al gestionării SAFE.

— Ilie BolojanPrime Minister Bolojan refuting claims about the SAFE program's fund allocation.

Bolojan stressed that his administration inherited and is obligated to respect decisions made prior to their mandate. He specifically pointed out that the Cancelleria Prim-Ministrului (Prime Minister's Chancellery) was designated as the integrator for SAFE management under Ciolacu's government. This assertion aims to dispel any notion that the current leadership individually directed funds towards a German company over a Romanian one, a premise he explicitly rejected.

Ceea ce se achiziţionează din SAFE nu este decis de către o persoană sau alta. Armata Română are nişte planuri de înzestrare care au fost aprobate (...). Deci sunt nişte planuri de achiziţie care au un orizont de cinci ani, de zece ani şi aşa mai departe.

— Ilie BolojanBolojan explaining that SAFE procurements are part of long-term army plans.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister underscored that the procurements under the SAFE program are not arbitrary but are integrated into the Romanian Army's long-standing strategic equipment plans. These plans, approved years ago by the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT), outline multi-year acquisition objectives. Bolojan highlighted a key negotiation point: ensuring that at least half of the procured goods are produced within Romania, a stipulation designed to bolster domestic industry. This defense of the SAFE program's implementation reflects a commitment to transparency and adherence to established national security and industrial development strategies.

Una din bazele negocierii a fost ca cel puţin jumătate din ceea ce va achiziţiona România să fie produs în România. Subliniez, cel puţin 50% să fie produs în România.

— Ilie BolojanPrime Minister Bolojan emphasizing the domestic production requirement for SAFE procurements.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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