Retirees stopped protests in front of Chisinau city hall after three days of demonstrations against a Chisinau City Council decision to hike water consumption and public transportation fees. The elderly also resent the fact that they cannot travel for free anymore. On the first day of protests, mayor Dorin Chirtoaca stepped out to speak with the protesters, but was physically assaulted.
At the same time, media outlets have written about the refusal of some elderly people to pay for using public transportation. Stirea Zilei reports on a verbal fight between a fee collector and an elderly woman in a trolley. The elderly woman refused to pay, complaining that her pension is too small, and the fee collector attempted to get her off the trolley, telling the woman that her salary is also small.
It is unclear if this refusal to pay will turn into a mass phenomenon, but there seems to be a concerted effort to resist this new City Council policy. City Council officials have said the protests have no grounds since the elderly will be given a 70-leu monthly public transportation subsidy, which should cover most of the expenses the elderly incur on trolley and bus trips.
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