Dominic Fritz, on the effects of the reforms: “We are too deep in the shit to get out in a few months”

USR President Dominic Fritz stated, on Antena 1, that the reforms envisaged by the current government meet resistance from those who have enjoyed various privileges until now, which is why the application of these reforms and the appearance of their effects will take longer.

“Those who have these privileges have barricaded themselves around regulations, contracts, the framework and so on and it is taking longer. I would also like things to move much faster. But the alternative to give up does not exist. We have to fight these battles (…) We have lived for too many years lies. We were promised money that did not exist in reality, contracts were signed for investments based on non-existent money and now we have to pay this bill”, he declared USR president, Dominic Fritz, quoted by News.ro.

Fritz said the privileged are not just those who receive special pensions, such as magistrates, privileges exist in many of the state's institutions, including among people who are decision-makers in the fields in which they operate. For this reason, trying to remove these privileges is a battle of attrition.

“I have been in the Timisoara town hall for 5 years and after 5 years I can say we are at a point where I feel comfortable with the functioning of the administration I lead, but for a country, in a few months, unfortunately it is not possible. We are too deep in the shit, if you allow me, to be able to get out in a few months,” said the mayor of Timisoara.

“We are not going home yet. I mean, we are still working on all these reforms, we have to reduce the size of the central administration, we have to make a real decentralization and get rid of all kinds of unnecessary institutions, we have to go further on special pensions, even after we pass the pensions for magistrates, there are many, many categories of special pensions that must be eliminated”, continued the USR president.

Fritz argues that the state must once again function for the benefit of the citizens, otherwise there is a risk that people who “really have nothing to offer” will come to power.

“It is important not to overturn the whole democratic game now, not to wake up in a world where we are governed by some who, apart from promises, really have nothing to offer, but in which, within the rules, we change the basis of the functioning of the state and this means that we must once again create a state that works for the citizens and not for their own privileged class and political class in which people no longer trust”, he explained.