FARMERS_ PROTEST FALLS ON DEAF EARS
Published:
26 July 1999 y., Monday
There was a time when angry farmers blocking roads was something Lithuanians only expected to see on the TV news footage from France or Poland.That all changed July 13, when the same type of protest was seen right here in Lithuania. Farmers gathered across the country for a one-day protest action organized by the tiny Lithuanian Peasants Party. The official coordinator of the action was the MP and leader of this party Ramunas Karbauskis. Protesters made 47 demands of the government, including compensation for fertilizers and diesel fuel, government commitments to buy all milk produced by farmers, otherwise known as state subsidizing of agricultural products.
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