Mihai Popsoi: Employees Will Be Dismissed with No Job Opportunities

The Moldovan authorities were supposed to accept opposition’s proposals providing to pay the state wages in the amount of 75% of the average economy wage. PDS faction MP Mihai Popsoi stated that as a result of some enterprises’ activities cessation, employers are forced to lay off their workers and so due to the crisis many of these employees will no longer be able to return to work, ipn.md reported. “Encouraging unemployment by means of unemployment benefits increasing does nothing but force economic agents to fire employees. We proposed to save jobs and subsidize state wages by 75% but not more than 75% of the average wage in the economy to save all jobs. Otherwise, the most fired citizens will not be able to return to work due to the fact that enterprises will suffer and will not be able to take them back,” Mihai Popsoi informed during the broadcast of “Punctul pe Azi” on TVR Moldova. He claimed that as a result of authorities’ actions win only large enterprises and SMEs suffer the most, because due to crisis employers will no longer be able to afford the same number of workers. In addition, some businesses may go bankrupt. “Big problems are going to face later on those who pay salaries due to government decision to refund taxes, including VAT: the potential and other problems. The decision is wrong, because so many have no sources to pay salaries from. You say that you return 45% to them but they do not pay anything so they will receive nothing. Those who have a small turnover who cannot pay their employees’ salaries will force employees to go on unpaid vacations. The decision made by the government favors large companies that have a large turnover. Too many small and medium-sized companies cannot pay salaries and will receive nothing from the state. There is no added value,” the deputy added. Democrat MP Nicolae Ciubuc said that initiatives the Party of Action and Solidarity put forward are not to be realized in the Republic of Moldova’s current conditions. “Mr. Popsoi talks about things that are far from real in the current conditions. What we have just done is based on assessments, on a clear analysis and assessment of what is happening in the budget system and generally in the Republic of Moldova’s socio-economic sphere. These changes, the government offered, concern more than 800 million lei need to be determined, established in the budget and accordingly supported by the business environment. These are the first steps that come in support of the business environment; these are not the last steps that will be taken to support the business. Let's see how this mechanism will work the first month,” Nicolae Ciubuc urged.