{"id":713517,"date":"2026-09-16T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/?p=713517"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:07:03","slug":"government-secretary-general-announces-halving-of-protocol-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/?p=713517","title":{"rendered":"Government Secretary General announces halving of protocol expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"38.550058892815\">\n<div class=\"sgb-google-buttons\">\n<div class=\"display-flex justify-center google-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mg-x-auto\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/government-secretary-general-announces-halving-of-protocol-expenses.png\" alt><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"p-0\">Dan Re\u015fitnec stated that these expenses cover government meetings, conferences, and protocol arrangements for various inter-institutional events or those involving international participation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-1\">Halving protocol expenses represents \u201ethe normal way things should work,\u201d the Government Secretary General wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-2\">Where the cuts came from<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-3\">Re\u015fitnec explained that some of these cuts stemmed from a reduction in \u201eprolonged review meetings.\u201d He added that, in the past, it was common practice for certain officials to hold working meetings with external guests where protocol refreshments were provided within a limit of 150 lei per person.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-4\">\u201e95,000 lei in March of this year, 68,000 lei in April, and 1,800 lei in May\u2014after I took over leadership of the General Secretariat of the Government (SGG),\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-5\">The figure for May \u201ealso includes the water provided to participants at the Government\u2019s preparatory meeting,\u201d Re\u015fitnec added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-6\">\u201eLast year, the SGG signed contracts for protocol services worth 2.5 million lei. This year, the contracts were worth 2.7 million lei; however, the amounts I mentioned earlier represent the actual expenditure, which is much lower,\u201d he continued. \u201eUnjustified hospitality expenses and claims by high-ranking officials covered by public funds\u2014all of these have been reduced or cut,\u201d concluded the Government\u2019s Secretary-General, Dan Re\u015fitnec.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Re\u015fitnec stated that these expenses cover government meetings, conferences, and protocol arrangements for various inter-institutional events or those involving international participation. Halving protocol expenses represents \u201ethe normal way things &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/?p=713517\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":713518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=713517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/713518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=713517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=713517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=713517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}