Vitalie Grushko, of the Association of Entrepreneurs of Falesti town, reports wrongdoings in the style of the 1990s and says that the members of the Association are forced to pay alleged debts.

In a news conference at IPN, Vitalie Grushko said the entrepreneurs work on a plot that belongs to the mayor’s office, but this was rented by the local Union of Consumption Cooperatives. The lease was meanwhile suspended. The Union at a certain moment increased the charges for keeping the trading places and many refused to pay, but ultimately complied. Even so, alleged debts for 2013 and 2014 are invoked and the Union went to court to have these paid.

“The money from the publicly owned plot must be transferred to the budget of the mayor’s office, not the budget of a business entity,”  stated Vitalie Grushko, who noted that the members of the Association wanted to pay charges for trading directly to the local administration.

The man also said that the entrepreneurs’ request to discuss the subject of alleged debts by amicable ways was rejected by the administration of the Union of Consumption Cooperatives. “Regrettably, the Union does not want this and intentionally, through the court, obliges the Association members to pay once again these sums, even if they show that the payments were made,” he stated.

The case is pending at the Supreme Court of Justice. The Association of Entrepreneurs of Falesti, which has 180 members, asks to take into account the money paid to the Cooperative and to do the required recalculations.