The head of one of the most important banks: “I'm Romanian, despite the name, and I keep repeating tirelessly that I'm tired of hearing about what didn't work”

The executive director of Transilvania Bank, Ömer Tetik, said, on Wednesday, at The Economist conference, that he is tired of hearing what has not worked in Romania in the last 30-35 years and would like us to focus on what can work well. He explained that, despite the challenges he faced, Romania will become independent from an energy point of view and will be a leader in the cereal area, writes News.ro.

“I am Romanian, despite the name, and I keep repeating tirelessly that I am tired of hearing about what did not work, what we failed to achieve in the last 30-35 years. And I would like us to focus on what can work well, what we can do, because, finally, despite all the challenges that Romania has faced, we notice that Romania will become energy independent, it will be a production leader in the cereal area with an increase of 30% this year in Europe”, said Ömer Tetik.

He specified that Romania also has a very good position from a geopolitical point of view.

“Romania has access to water resources, it has a very good strategic position from a geopolitical point of view but also as a transit country, and I hope that once the reconstruction of Ukraine begins, the world will not jump over Romania like the game of Monopoly, but will use the resources available here. I think we should change the note in which these discussions are held in the face of the fact that the world is complaining, that our assets are being taken and so on,” said the executive director of Banca Transilvania.

The private sector doesn't necessarily complain about the taxes themselves

He stated that investment plans are needed.

“If we open the newspapers, we will see that the private sector is not necessarily complaining about the taxes themselves. We need investment plans, growth plans and, at the same time, the government in cooperation with the private sector has plans to bring Romania to a much higher level during these complicated times, the pandemic, the energy crisis, the wars, it is the second energy crisis we are facing in the last five years. And yet Romania has reached 80% of the average of the European GDP per capita. 10-20 years ago, this could not even be seen as a dream”, said Ömer Tetik.