President to decide on national budget; draft budget passed by intended for majority welfare (spokesperson)

Presidential spokeswoman Madalina Dobrovolschi said on Wednesday that President Iohannis is due to make a decision on the national budget and social security laws that he will made public in the coming days, adding that the president sees the draft national budget passed by Parliament as not intended for the development and progress of Romania but for the "welfare" of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), major at rule. "The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, points out that the budget is not intended for the development and progress of Romania but for the welfare of PSD," Dobrovolschi told a news conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace. AGERPRES (RO - author: Florentina Peia, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Adina Panaitescu)