Restaurants: "Tsunami" of cancellations and reactions due to safepass on SaturdaySunday (VIDEO)

"Bahalo" due to safepass in many stores (VIDEO)

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Quarrels and frictions between patrons and shop employees, customers without safe passes and many cancellations in bookings that reached over 50% in many cases, compose the image that prevailed in several leisure centers over the weekend.

Speaking at Mesimeri kai Kati, the president of the Owners of Leisure Centers, Fanos Leventis, noted that "in general, an unnecessary mess has been created by a provision that has been loaded on us and did not belong to us. It is clearly the responsibility of the state and not ours… ".

"We have had and still have reactions from businessmen because some people demand safe passes, as a result of which people (customers) leave and go to others who do not ask for them, and there are now internal misunderstandings on a pan-Cypriot basis," he said. Mr. Leventis

Referring to the 6,500 checks carried out over the weekend, Mr. Leventis said that the police "are able to carry out checks and send a message to businessmen and citizens that it operates fairly and will police everyone in a fair and equal manner."

If entrepreneurs feel that "at any time someone can come in they will check them" they will be careful and will follow the protocols. But if "he feels that they will go for checks on some and overtake others, then there are problems and reactions among businessmen," said Mr. Leventis.

The Association of Leisure Center Owners, according to Mr. Leventis, will hold a press conference tomorrow during which an assessment will be made of the 4 days that have passed during which the safepass control measure was applied and public announcements will be made about the association's positions.

In fact, as Mr. Leventis stressed, "some measures will be announced, which will certainly be in anticipation of the meeting of the Council of Ministers that will take place on Wednesday", as a lever of pressure on the government.

Source: Economy Today

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