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EUROKINISSI / ANDREAS ALEXOPOULOS
On the “railings” merchants and shopkeepers with the latest government inconsistencies. The local Patras trade association decided to open the shops without staff. Firefighting moves by the government after the “fires” it ignited.
The strange decision of the government (in more than one) not to allow the opening of retail (as of Monday) only in Thessaloniki, Kozani and Acaya causes chain reactions. In an extraordinary meeting, the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Patras decided to go to the “guerrilla” and open shops without staff, so as not to create problems for the employees.
At the same time, the meeting decided a barrage of mobilizations in the following days, with the first stop on Sunday (04/04) and the visit of the Vice Minister of the Interior, Stelios Petsas. The Chamber of Commerce is planning a protest in front of the City Hall and the Chamber.
“With what logic does Athens open, which is epidemiologically crimson, but not Patras and Thessaloniki?” asked (thebest.gr) the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Patras, Costas Zafeiropoulos.
They lit “fires” – Thessaloniki is also on the “railings”
Previously, it was reported that Maximou, alarmed by the anger that prevails in these three cities, sends three ministers to mitigate the reactions.
The order for the “recruitment” of the three government officials was given by the prime minister and his mission is to “put out” the fires lit by the announcement of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection for Thessaloniki, Patras and Kozani.
► After the latest government inconsistencies for the opening of the shops, anger seizes the merchants and shopkeepers of the urban complex of Thessaloniki.
The president of the city’s Chamber of Commerce (EETH), Michalis Zorpidis, calls on the government to reverse the decision to suspend the operation of retail in Thessaloniki.
“We call on the government, at the last minute, to reverse the decision not to open retail, to give hope to the thousands of professionals in Thessaloniki and together with the safe exit to the people of Thessaloniki to move to an environment of health insurance by observing the measures that professionals have already implemented ”, emphasizes the president of the EETH in his announcement.
“The sudden decision taken is a severe blow to the already affected business in Thessaloniki,” notes Mr Zorpidis, adding that “the contradictory and contradictory statements by scientists on the effect of retail trade on the spread of the pandemic, leave without Thessaloniki answers tortuous questions, while the unpredictable reactions of people being destroyed cannot be controlled: “Health is our priority, but also our survival is our concern.”
Its position that “the sudden decision of the government to suspend the operation of the retail trade in Thessaloniki as of Monday 4 May leads to a definitive death of its purchase,” the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance of Thessaloniki states in a statement.
