The Farmers\u2019 Force Association says its members are intent on resuming protests immediately after finishing harvesting second group crops, by driving their tractors to Chisinau.<\/p>\n
The organization also says it plans to hold a farmers\u2019 convention to discuss the situation created as a result of the 2022-2023 crises, and formulate their positions \u201cin relation to the government or some of its particular representatives\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Farmers\u2019 Force issued a press release saying the decision to resume the protests was in reaction to Prime Minister Dorin Recean failiming to meet with its representatives. \u201cWe no longer believe in the good intentions of the authorities and declare that the government bears a large part of the blame for the deep crisis into which the agricultural sector has been thrown. The drought, then the war in Ukraine, the increase in the price of raw materials and the disruption of logistics chains put farmers under severe strain. Farmers in all the countries of the Black Sea basin had similar problems, but in those states the authorities adopted timely measures of support. In Moldova, however, the Government practically left farmers alone to face the difficulties that arose in circumstances that absolutely did not depend on them\u201d.<\/p>\n
The organization went on to criticize the government for not listening to farmers\u2019 demands to take protective measures or for implementing them belatedly. \u201cThe amount of 200 million lei recently allocated in compensation towards first group crops is six times less than what is needed. This money will reach only a part of the farmers, and belatedly, too\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to the Farmers\u2019 Force, most of its members believe that the government\u2019s \u201cfailure to act\u201d plays into the hands of \u201ca small group of transnational tycoons\u201d that seek to \u201cdestroy\u201d micro, small and medium-sized farmers and \u201ctransform Moldova into their estate\u201d.<\/p>\n