Ponta to children at Gov't House: Please, use any opportunity to be heard

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday called on the children who attended an International Children's Day ceremony at the Government House to use any opportunity to be heard, saying that he listens to his own children, even if he gets home late in the evening.

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"So far as I understand, you will be talking today. I am just hailing and welcoming you to this building; I was about to say the Government House, because a house without children is an empty house as far as I am concerned. Today it finally has a soul. Please, use any opportunity to be heard. Although I get home very late, when I arrive I do not speak, but I listen to what Irina or Andrei tell me. They scold me sometimes for not always understanding and I am not a good man to do what they ask me to, but I try and make some progress. (...) I am voicing my hope that since you are at the Government, where talk is cheap and deeds not many, you will manage to do more today and we will be grateful to you for helping us move on from words to deeds," said Ponta.

Ponta attended on Thursday an event called "Today It is Us who Are Talking," organised by the Ministry of Labour, Family Issues, Social Security and the Elderly, the National Children's Rights and Adoption Authority, along with the Students' Council and UNICEF Romania to mark the International Children's Day.

Part of the event was also the release of "Ghidul Copiilor pentru Adultii care decid Viitorul lor ? Politicieni, Guvernanti, Lideri Formali sau Informali" (Children's Guide for Adults Who Decide Their Lives ? Politicians, Government Members, Formal and Informal Leaders). AGERPRES