This week, some strange things have been happening with the public transportation system here. There’s been a new government in Moldova and they’ve decided to raise the prices of public transport. A trolleybus, before now, cost 1 lei at a time, which is around 5p. Now, the government have raised it to two lei, apparently because of the economic crisis.
This has caused quite a few protests, and also because in Moldova, pensioners used to go free on public transport, like they do in the UK. Now they can’t – although they can today apparently, because today is “national pensioners’ day” or something. It’s meant that the trolleybuses are going really strange directions, and ending up in a different place to where you expect them to stop. The old people on the protests are carrying signs saying stuff like, “Stop the genocide of pensioners!”
Today I was on the bus and I was given a fine for absolutely no reason at all even though i’d already paid, as were several other people, and I got off feeling quite confused! To be honest I think it’s because people are unhappy about this price thing, it’s getting cold (and the government have also put up the prices for heating one’s home, etc) and they want to flex their muscles a bit and show that they mean business. Not especially good …
October 3, 2009 at 10:31 pm |
Sorry you got fined for no reason, that sucks! Although I find it very sweet that they have a pensioners’ day!
October 6, 2009 at 4:04 pm |
Oh man… that sucks mate! Sorry bout your fine. ((hugs)) You like protests… this is a good thing! lol. And the fact it’s getting cold there and there’s a heat price increase… aww… that doubly sucks. Guess we’re not goin back?
Wish I was there to fight with you…. xx
December 5, 2009 at 6:34 am |
Why those pensionners are so insistent and why do they have huge presence on tv?