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| Farmers on tractors head to Bratislava for better justice and transparency |
| Bratislava, 19.06.2018 |
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| Farmers dissatisfied with the situation in the Slovak agricultural sector began the journey from Michalovce in eastern Slovakia across the country to Bratislava by tractor in protest. Other protesting farmers and their tractors will join the convoy along the way.
“One hundred days have elapsed since the scandal broke and nothing significant has happened,” said Patrik Magdoško representing the Initiative of Farmers, sheltering small and medium-sized farmers from the whole of Slovakia, as cited by the TASR newswire. “So, we are going to Bratislava to start a dialogue.”
They chose this form of protest because they did not see any other way to make themselves heard. The problems of the farmers came to light after the murder of investigate journalist Ján Kuciak and his fianceé in late February.
“They must see that this is really an existential problem for farmers,” said Magdoško.
By their protest, the farmers are hoping to prompt some action in finding solutions to the problems they listed in the so-called Košice Appeal. In particular, they are demanding the creation of a special investigation team to look into the cases of oppressed farmers, to ensure that the Agricultural Payment Agency pays farm subsidies only to an entity that has a valid legal relationship to the subsidized land, and the creation of fair and transparent rules for the distribution of usage rights to the land, the organisation Rural Platform informed.
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