Prof. Şerbănescu explained that Romania will net let go of the IMF and that there is no such interests coming from either of the two parties.
"Romania does not want to get rid of the IMF yoke. A government that adopts a measure that has not been approved by the IMF does not mean that Romania breaks away from the IMF. Let's be honest. The backbone of the IMF program for Romania targets only the privatization of profitable plants. Why do we have to transfer the profitable plants to foreigners, I could not understand. Romania cannot use its resources, because it is obligated to export them wherever EU wants to and we have to pay for gas like crazy. I am not importing from Russia, but I have to align to Russia’s prices, even if I do not import, that is rubbery, not capitalism”, Şerbănescu pointed.
Elena Cristian added that the IMF is an organism that has a clear interest in making money from the loans granted to other states.
"The IMF is not interested that we should have a good economy, because then we would not need a special administration, we would not need them. The Fund is a bank, it serves its interest to lend money, to receive their commissions and bonuses. "
At debts level, Şerbănescu explained that there is no Romanian company which would have borrowed from abroad and thereby contribute to the increased external debt of Romania.
"There aren’t any Romanian companies that would have borrowed directly from abroad. There is no population who would have taken money from abroad. The private party, the great majority of Romania's external debt belongs to the foreign companies from Romania that have borrowed from abroad most of them from parent companies, " Şerbănescu concluded.