Eighty per cent of individual entrepreneurs in Zhdanovichi market do not work

Most of selling points in the largest market of Minsk are closed.

BelaPAN reports.

A journalist visited Zhdanovichy market and saw that about 80 percent of individual entrepreneurs had stopped or suspended their work.

It should be reminded that Belarus has recently held Entrepreneurs Forum, where the government put an end to hopes of entrepreneurs to resolve the conflict taking into account their views: on March 1 a sensational Decree No. 222 comes into effect and it will be forbidden to trade without proper accompanying documents. In case of violations entrepreneurs will be fined Br9 million and goods will be confiscated.

Over the past few months there were held mass checks and confiscations.

On March 1 entrepreneurs refused to go to work. All major Minsk and regional markets were empty. Half announcements said pavilion owners' were "on holidays". Many "left for goods", some had a "day off" or frankly announced they suspended their job until the circumstances would be clarified.