Radu Economy Minister Štefan Oprja says that many positions in the budget system “have been suspended for many years, which means that this person does not want to work in this area”, and he clarified that “a little cleaning”.

“And we are responsible to our shareholders, and our shareholders are Romanian citizens, and we are also responsible to the Romanian citizens, I have to appoint people who can achieve efficiency, and I think I will surprise you at the end. year, when we will look together at the operating profit of state-owned companies,” Economy Minister Stefan Radu Oprea said on Sunday evening on TV channel B1 about the measures prepared by the executive power to reduce the budget deficit. , reports News.ro.

Minister of Radu Oprea says that “if there is political will”, a solution will definitely be found.

“I have such a problem in the ministry today, we have to make one ministry out of two ministries. (…) In my discussions with the ministry staff today, they mentioned what we want in terms of goals and how we build an organizational chart so that these goals that we have in the government program can be achieved more easily. . And then we come and fill the boxes with people.”

“In the budgetary system, it is a little more difficult than in the private system, because there are many people who have already passed competitions for certain positions, and you have to watch how you work. I see that very often many positions are suspended for many years, which means that the person who applied does not want to work in the relevant ministry, in the relevant field,” he said.

Radu Oprea continued: “I think it’s a very good thing to try to do a little bit of cleaning up here, because if you’re stuck in a position for years, obviously you don’t want to work there.”

“This is my struggle, we make an organizational chart, and then we look at the people,” he also said.