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The office of Pedro Siza Vieira, Minister of State, Economy and Digital Transition recalls that, on November 18, the Secretary of State for Commerce, Services and Consumer Protection (SECSDC) and the Secretary of State for Tourism met with the National Association of Clubs, “represented by José Gouveia and Alberto Cabral”, two of the people “who are protesting in front of the Assembly of the Republic.”
Earlier, on June 4, the SECSDC had met with these two representatives of the disco sector, within the framework of a meeting promoted by AHRESP with nightlife companies. Also, on December 1 [terça-feira], in an email addressed to Mr. José Gouveia, the SECSDC’s availability to meet again on Thursday was reiterated, ”adds a note sent to the Lusa agency.
Furthermore, Pedro Siza Vieira’s office denies that the restaurant and nightlife sector “have no backing.”
“1,103 million euros have already been made available in aid to catering companies, of which 523 million euros in non-reimbursable funds. Only in the area of the Apoiar.pt program, 200 million euros in non-reimbursable funds are available for this sector ”, reiterates the Government.
To these funds is added a “specific measure” aimed exclusively at restaurants, the “compensation for loss of turnover”, which occurred on weekends with limitations in opening hours, for a “total amount of 25 million euros “.
As for the discos, which have not yet been able to reopen since March, the ministerial office explains that “they benefit from a total exemption from the TSU under the simplified dismissal regime” and that they have a “50% increase” in access to non-refundable aid from Apoiar.pt, in addition to “benefiting from a moratorium” on the payment of rents until the end of the year.
“The Government expresses its concern about the continuation of the hunger strike and will continue the dialogue with representatives of the different sectors most affected by the essential measures to protect public health, with a view to mitigating the very negative impact of these measures,” he concludes The gabinet. Minister Pedro Siza Vieira.
The “A Pão e Água” movement group, made up of eight men and one woman, has been on a hunger strike for six days, camped in front of the Parliament, in makeshift facilities, with tents and heaters and says it will maintain the protest until the Government receives them to find solutions for your business.
Representatives of the PSD, PAN, Left Bloc and Liberal Initiative attended the demonstration site today and called on the Government to receive their representatives, as the CDS-PP and Chega have done in recent days.
Asked this Wednesday (2) if he agrees to speak with the protesters on hunger strike, António Costa said that, among the protesting group, the citizen who has seen the most talk on television “is Mr. José Gouveia”, who is still on the 18th was in a meeting with the Secretaries of State for Tourism and Commerce.
But the Government has to meet with the representative associations, because if each person who is currently suffering – and there are many – decides to make a protest and say that they want to speak to the Prime Minister or the President of the Republic, obviously this is not possible ” said the prime minister.
