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The catering businessmen decided to end the hunger strike after meeting with Fernando Medina. To what TVI Found, the mayor of Lisbon was in permanent contact with the Minister of Economy, Pedro Siza Vieira, presenting the demands and measures proposed by the protesters.
Fernando Medina met this Thursday with Ljubomir Stanisic and José Gouveia, two elements of the “A Pão e Água” movement.
Speaking to journalists, at the end of the meeting, Medina rejected a “war” between the government and restaurant entrepreneurs, who were on hunger strike for seven days.
The group of protesters are now going to dinner at a restaurant in the center of Lisbon.
The mayor said that the meeting was held “in a spirit of openness and dialogue,” which translated into “a very firm commitment on my part.”
It was agreed that, in seven days, we will have a new meeting “, advance Ljubomir.
“We want to end the hunger strike”
Nine businessmen responsible for the movement “A bread and waterHe remained on a hunger strike in front of the Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, to be heard by the Government on its proposals to mitigate the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic in that sector of the economy.
Although the group said that the protest ends only when it is received by the Prime Minister or the Minister of Economy, Ljubomir Stanisic and José Gouveia admitted to journalists that they intended to end the hunger strike, which happened.
We want to end the hunger strike, but only in groups will we decide “, Ljubomir Stanisic affirmed in height.
Chef Ljubomir Stanisic was even rushed to hospital at the end of his sixth day on hunger strike.
Last week, the Government announced measures to contain the covid-19 pandemic for the new period of the state of emergency: on the eve of the holidays, commerce closes at 3:00 p.m. in 127 counties of the continent classified as at risk. “Extremely high” and “very high” and the closing hours of shops are kept at 10pm and restaurants and cultural facilities at 10.30pm in these municipalities and in 86 others considered “high risk” .
On the 14th of this month, the Minister of Economy said that the exceptional support to the restaurants of the municipalities covered by the state of emergency to compensate for the loss of income in these two weekends will be illuminated up to 25 million euros and will be paid in December.
