What Basescu said at the ceremony:
- He thanked ministers who left the government in the reshuffle ans noted that despite difficulties the Government manages to lead Romania out of economic crisis towards economic growth
- He said the six ministers for belonging to "this team which was sacrificed from the beginning given the difficult situation caused by the global economic crisis"
- He recalled the government faced the crisis with a budget which was affected by populist policies.
- He said the unpopular measures taken by the government could not be avoided if one wants Romania to dodge financial collapse
The decrees by which ministers Sebastian Vladescu, Adriean Videanu, Mihai Seitan, Radu Berceanu, Mihail Dumitru and Gabriel Sandu - some of whom ar top leaders of the governing Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) - were removed from office were signed by President Traian Basescu on Friday morning, when he also signed the decrees naming the new ministers in office.
