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The restaurant sector, which manifested itself this Saturday, in Lisbon, demands the reduction of taxes and non-refundable aid. Chief Ljubomir Stanisic left a warning: “we are dying.”
“We are not against the government, we are not getting into politics,” said Ljubomir, who defended the protest. However, he added: “the first thing the government can do is stop lying and give us false hope.”
“We only want our rights,” the chief reinforced at the end of the rally, which brought together more than a thousand people in Rossio and lasted beyond 1:00 p.m., which marks the beginning of the curfew. “For the love of God, look at us. We are literally dying.”
Ljubomir Stanisic recalled that there have been massive layoffs in the restaurant sector, due to the lack of customers. “Nobody wants to do it, but we are forced to shoot,” he lamented.
Require TSU exemption and VAT reduction
The manifesto prepared by the merger organization contemplates measures such as the TSU exemption until June 30, 2021 or the reduction of VAT until December of the same year, in addition to non-refundable aid.
In addition, the protesters demand support for the payment of the rent of the establishments, the “direct injection of funds to the companies without the requirement of having up to date finances and social security or the dismissal of the managing partners” regardless of whether they have one or more companies and accumulate work for others ”.
Other requests contained in the document are “non-reimbursable real support for the maintenance of jobs”, as well as the treasuries of the companies.
The protesters also demand the immediate reinforcement of the credit lines, the exemption of taxes on the rental of the properties rented during the period of prohibition to exercise the activity, the extension of the support of the Social Security to independent workers or the cancellation of fines due to late payment of taxes Extension of lease contracts, if they are for a fixed term, for another 3 years.
Moment of tension
The confusion occurred when one of the people who spoke on the stage of the demonstration accused the newspaper “Observador” of lying about the number of people present at the protest, which led several of the protesters to harass the journalist in the act of that medium. PSP acted promptly, avoiding major problems. Chief Ljubomir Stanisic tried to avoid confusion and ended up being the one who called the authorities to protect the journalist: “Calm down, the most important thing is to remain calm. Police, protect the person of the Observer. We are here forever.”
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