Minister of Labor, Social Solidarity, and Family Marian Sarbu of Romania

Sarbu said the benefits could also be set based on the budget that the Labor Ministry will receive under the new governing program.

Marian Sarbu says the amounts that do not go through banks and are impossible to quantify might actually be two thirds of the amounts reaching Romania via banks, which makes for another 1.

Sarbu is paying installments for his BMW X3 car, due in 2010.

Minister Marian Sarbu said this document sanctions Romania's determination to meet her commitments made as part of the Chapter 13 negotiations on social policies and employment.

CNSAS (the body enabled to study the Securitate archives) decided that Sarbu was not a secret police collaborator, but further evidence seemed to re-confirm the rumors.

Ilie Sarbu denies any collaboration.