Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu said on Saturday that Romania can no longer afford special pensions, which she described as "a kind of Caritas."
Asked at Digi 24 private television station about how she would address the issue of special pensions for the magistrates, Gheorghiu replied: "I would send magistrates a message - I would tell them that I understand. It is very hard to give up something you have been given. (...) It is very difficult to benefit from this for many years, decades even and then suddenly be told it is gone. It would be hard for anyone. But I think this was a kind of Caritas. They were caught in a Caritas that could not last forever and pragmatic, rational people should understand that. Romania cannot afford to pay this money anymore, it cannot afford to have special pensioners. There is no way. And if that money has to go to them because they pass sentences, they take it from somewhere and they might take it from a child going to bed hungry, from the budget of a hospital that lacks medicine."
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, any privilege granted to someone creates a "hole" somewhere else.
Oana Gheorghiu wanted to mention that this is a "purely personal" opinion, which she had not expressed before.
"That money is not printed out of thin air, it comes from somewhere and perhaps people don't understand that, when you receive privileges, in order for you to have them, someone else is left behind. Maybe we should go back a little to this sense of citizenship, have it and speak openly. Any privilege someone has means there is a hole on the other side. They should think about what kind of hole would be acceptable for them to continue receiving that money. I would discuss openly with the magistrates in these terms. I don't have that role. It is purely a personal opinion which I haven't expressed before, but this is how I see things," the Deputy Prime Minister stated.
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