A government led by a technocrat prime minister is not an option, because if it does not have political support it will fail, according to national leader of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor.
He said on Wednesday that UDMR does not have a problem with the option of Ilie Bolojan as prime minister, if he is nominated by the president of Romania.
„We have no problem with Ilie Bolojan being prime minister, but it’s not me doing the nomination, it is the President of Romania who does. After that, the one who is appointed must form a majority. He has to find the people to form a coalition. If it is Ilie Bolojan’s proposal, I have no problem. We don’t come up with another nomination, we only come up with other ideas. Yes, I have said repeatedly, if this is President Dan’s solution, then we will back it,” Kelemen told a news conference at the Parliament House.
He said that at the consultations held on Wednesday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace there was no discussion of a proposal for a prime minister, but UDMR wants a government with a large majority, with pledged political support.
„From our point of view, a technocratic government or a technocrat prime minister is not an option and we should avoid such a solution of a government led by a technocrat prime minister, because, yes, theoretically there is this solution, there is also this option, but from a political point of view, I think it would be a dead end, because if it does not have pledged political support, it will fail. That’s how it is in politics. So, if we were in a period of economic growth, extraordinary incomes and low expenses, it could be possible. But if not, if there is pledged political support, there is nothing a technocrat prime minister can do,” the UDMR leader said.
On the other hand, he said the national budget should not be grounded in the value-added tax (VAT), because that means vulnerability and a possibility of losing money very quickly from revenues.
„We should avoid increasing taxes on income. (…) As for expenses, you can cut out certain issues that are exaggerated. Almost in all ministries, in almost all institutions there are exaggerated expenses. (…) Of course, the figures must be shown by the specialists from the Ministry of Finance.”
He said that UDMR was part of the government and „if there were mistakes there, it is also the fault” of the party.
„The government deficit jumped to 9.3% when we were not in power. If there were exaggerated increases, those must be cut. But you can’t reduce the deficit just by spending cuts. It is not possible. A part of. (…) The 15% antenna radiation bonus can be 10%, maybe even 5%, it can be uniform everywhere. In the private sector, computers are also used. When they introduced the antenna boost, I don’t know if they thought it well out. So, there are certain issues that can be discussed, they must also be discussed with the unions, but they are things, from my point of view, exaggerated. Children also work with computers and do not receive antenna radiation bonuses,” he said.
According to the UDMR leader, balanced measures must be taken.
„Those who contributed to widening the deficit without having the revenues provided to cover the expenses have their share of the blame. That must be recognised. You can’t run away from this responsibility. (…) I’m not saying that they were wrong measures. The mistake was that this growth was not covered by income. (…) Including us, when we governed. If we made mistakes where we made new decisions, yes, it was our fault too. Others made decisions elsewhere. I do not run away from this answer, and it would be very unfair to run away from the answer. But everyone was to blame.”
AGERPRES
