“Overbruggingsrecht voor winkeliers? Paars-groen pleegt woordbreuk”
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Het Vlaams Belang is absoluut niet te spreken over de woordbreuk van minister van Middenstand David Clarinval (MR). “Aan de winkeliers die door de regeringsmaatregelen van de derde lockdown op afspraak moeten werken, en daardoor het grootste deel van hun omzet mislopen, had Clarinval vorige week nog beloofd dat het dubbel overbruggingsrecht ook voor hen zou gelden”, zegt Kamerlid Hans Verreyt (Vlaams Belang). “En nu blijkt de minister zomaar op zijn belofte terug te komen.”
“Clarinval is klaarblijkelijk teruggefloten door de regering, want deze maatregel blijkt nu ineens niet meer van tel te zijn voor winkels die op afspraak moeten werken”, aldus Verreyt. “De minister bracht gisteren in de commissie Sociale Zaken een weinig sociale boodschap. Hij stelde dat een handelaar die toch een dubbel overbruggingsrecht wil krijgen, zijn winkel maar moest sluiten.”
“Niet de winkeliers, maar deze paars-groene regering zou haar winkel moeten sluiten”
“Dit is een zoveelste slag in het gezicht van de zelfstandigen”, vervolgt Verreyt. “Deze regering is gebouwd op loze beloften. Het is ontstellend hoe men de ene week een maatregel kan afkondigen om deze dan een week later zonder verpinken en zonder enige schaamte weer in te trekken. Wie gelooft deze mensen nog? De winkeliers alvast niet meer.”
“Het is onrechtvaardig om deze handelaars, die nota bene al een zeer zwaar jaar achter de rug hebben, niet extra te ondersteunen”, besluit Verreyt. “Indien ze openblijven en aldus verder op verlies draaien, met maandelijkse kosten, belastingen en verplichte bijdragen, worden ze dus nu niet gecompenseerd. Nu wordt men in feite gedwongen om te sluiten, wat oneerlijke concurrentie in de hand werkt. Deze regering presenteert de markt van onze detailhandel op een presenteerblaadje aan grote buitenlandse multinationals die hier dan nog eens geen belasting betalen en niet voor evenveel werkgelegenheid zorgen.”