BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Prime Minister Petre Roman presented his new government to Parliament Thursday and urged radical economic reform, warning that superficial changes would only deepen the economic crisis.
The 23-member government, composed largely of technocrats and experts, includes few members of the interim cabinet that governed Romania after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted in the December revolution.That government had been criticized for a lackluster pace of reform and, in the case of some ministers, allegedly close ties to the Ceausescu leadership.
Roman, who also headed the interim government, was entrusted last week by President Ion Iliescu with forming the new cabinet.