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The National Bank of Romania has an unprecedented intervention in an electoral campaign. BNR condemns the fact that PSDs use images and statements by BNR specialists in campaign announcements. The NBR also asks all parties not to use specialist analysis in the electoral campaign.
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“The National Bank of Romania strongly disapproves of the use of older or newer images and statements, taken out of context, by some BNR specialists in PSD election campaign announcements.
The NBR is an apolitical, independent institution and the abusive use of such statements, which do not have a political connotation of their own, affect the status and neutrality of our institution.
The NBR calls on all political parties involved in the electoral campaign to respect the apolitical nature of the institution and not to use in an incorrect and partisan way the opinions expressed by various representatives of the bank, especially when they do not reflect an official approach adopted.
All the analyzes and points of view that reflect the position of the NBR can be found in the reports and analyzes published on the website of the institution or in the press releases of the Governor ”. Write those of the NBR.
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Today’s intervention by the NBR comes after alarmist statements by the NBR chief economist. The chief economist of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Valentin Lazea, said on Thursday that cutting budget salaries by 20% and reducing working hours to four days a week in the public system are solutions to reduce the budget deficit in 2021.
It was quickly corrected by the BNR spokesperson, who claimed that what the economist said was just a variant, a point of view. The spokesman for the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Dan Suciu, declared this Thursday, on Antena 3, after the chief economist of the NBR Valentin Lazea proposed to cut the salaries of public servants by 20% next year, that The measure is not an official proposal from the Central Bank and that Lazea does not decide how to reduce the budget deficit.
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