Patentees invite Government to talks
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The patent holders submitted a number of claims to the Government, saying that if they do not reach an agreement with the executive in two weeks (just before the early elections – e.n.), they will resort to mass protests, Info-Prim Neo reports.
Eugen Roscovanu, president of the Small Business Association (AMB), who is a candidate on the list of the Moldova Noastra Alliance (AMN), at a news conference held at the AMN head office on Tuesday said that the claims are contained in a resolution adopted at a regional protest in Balti on Sunday.
Roscovanu said that the patentees demand that the health insurance payments for the last three years be cancelled. They want that the health insurance is optional and that the amounts transferred are collected in a personalized account throughout the payer’s life. They also demand that the too many state inspections be reduced, that the cost of the patent be halved and that the range of entrepreneurial activities allowed under patent be diversified.
According to the AMB president, the number of small entrepreneurs is growing. Many of them work in the underground economy because they do not have conditions to operate legally, he said.
Olga Ceapchi, leader of the AMB branch in Stefan Voda, complained that the patentees are not entitled to sick leave, vacation or other rights stipulated in the Labor Code. “We invite you to talks,” he said, addressing to Igor Dodon, who resigned as Deputy Prime Minister for the period of the election campaign. Otherwise, Ceapchi said, the people will take to the streets.
Grigore Marciuc, head of the AMB branch in Soroca, said that the patent holders do not have the right to work in markets without authorizations. But, it is not convenient for the authorities to authorize the markets as they work only once a week.
Patentee Dumitru Stoianov, who works in the Central Market in Chisinau, said that he encounters a lot of difficulties and knows that more and more patent holders decide to close their small businesses. “There are free places at the Central Market, for the first time in 6-7 years,“ he stated.
The organizers of the conference said that they will stage protests during the electoral period even if somebody exploits this thing.
