PNL First Vice President Rares Bohdan clarified that the National Liberal Party wants to increase pensions by 16 percent and that Finance Minister Adrian Cachiu must find a source of funding or “go home.” Contacted by phone, the Minister of Finance did not want to intervene to comment on this topic, reports Realitatea.net.

“PNL wants to increase pensions and thinks that 10% is too little. PNL wants to increase pensions by what is left to 40%. We once increased by 14%, another time by 10%… Now we have an increase of 24%, so the increase should be made with the remaining difference,” said Raresh Bohdan on Realitatea TV, considering that inflation is increasing.

Raresh Bohdan also said that “Mr. Kachiu is obliged to find a source of funding”, otherwise “go home”.

“The offer will be at least 16% to reach a percentage of 40%. Mr. Cachiu is obliged to find a source of financing for an increase of at least 16%. This is not my proposal, this is PNL. If he can’t find the resources, let him go home. He announced a 10% increase. This is not 10%, but 16% – according to the law. We are waiting for them to come to the Coalition with budgetary resources and make an increase. Neither 5 nor 10% is an insult to Romanians,” he said.

Rares Bohdan also criticized Adrian Cachiu regarding the loans he gives.

No one from PNL is far from the problems of Romanians (…). My colleagues simply responsibly asked what is happening, whether Romania has the money to increase to the statutory percentage. We increased the Orbán government by 14% and the Čuké government by 10%. We do not own the ministry (no finance). We must obey the law. Let’s take a look at the indexer. Let’s be responsible and admit that we are borrowing at very high interest rates. Mr. Kachiu is a worse negotiator than Mr. Sitsu who borrowed at 2% and now we borrow at 8.5%. He criticized Kitsu, but now Kachu is lending at double the interest than Kitsu. On Monday or Tuesday, we will hold a meeting of the Coalition, and Mr. Caciu will be asked to answer why Romania borrows at an interest rate of almost 9%,” said Rares Bohdan from Realitatea PLUS.

It will be recalled that Finance Minister Adrian Cachiu stated at the end of the government meeting on Thursday that “there is an opportunity and there is also a need” to increase pensions next year.

“I will not comment on the percentage, I can tell you that there is space and there is a need, and the final decision will be made in the Coalition, because it is necessary to compensate for the loss of purchasing power. several categories of citizens are balanced, not just pensioners,” said Adrian Cachiu at the end of the government meeting, when asked if there was a possibility to increase pensions by 10% in 2023.