Transport collapse in the center of Chisinau due to farmers' protest
Kyiv • UNN
In Chisinau, on December 5, farmers staged a protest march around the government building, parliament, and presidential administration. They drove tractors and created traffic jams for kilometers.
Moldovan farmers drove to the center of Chisinau on tractors and blocked traffic. This is reported by This was reported by UNN with reference to Moldovan media.
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The participants of the action brought bags of manure and hay, as well as boxes of with grapes. A representative of the farmers, Serhii Stefanco, said that they plan to go to the presidential administration building of Maya Sandu. The farmers stopped near the building of the of the presidential administration, where they wanted to leave several country's indifference to agriculture, they wanted to leave a few bales, but were were prevented by the police.
Because of the protest, traffic in the center of Chisinau in the center of Chisinau was virtually blocked, including all public transportation.
Through their protest the farmers demanded a moratorium on fines, enforcement and and the initiation of insolvency proceedings against farmers, as well as to allow debt restructuring. Farmers also demand financial assistance from the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and Rural to compensate for losses incurred in 2023 by sunflower and corn producers. and corn.
The so-called "moratorium" cannot be introduced, and the proposal to reallocation of funds from the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and and Rural Environment (AIPA) for 2024 to compensate corn and sunflower producers and sunflower producers is nothing more than "discrimination against other farmers
After the protest ended, representatives of the protest, representatives of the farmers said they would protest again in Chisinau, as they are on the verge of bankruptcy, and the authorities do not take measures to protect them.
As a reminder,
Moldovan farmers have already organized protests because of dissatisfaction with the government's attitude to the to the agricultural sector. In particular, they demanded a ban on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine.
Later, the Minister of Agriculture of Agriculture of Moldova Vladimir Bola statedthat neither the transit of of Ukrainian products through Moldova, nor its imports have a negative impact on the country's domestic market, so their restrictions and bans are inappropriate and and will not be introduced.
