Eastern border construction companies hope Interior Ministry will pay debts
Construction companies that participate in eastern border renovation projects have decided that negotiations with the Ministry of Interior on payment for construction work that has already been done will continue until September. In case no agreement is reached with the ministry, the construction companies will turn to courts claiming the debt.
Construction companies that participate in eastern border renovation projects have decided that negotiations with the Ministry of Interior on payment for construction work that has already been done will continue until September. In case no agreement is reached with the ministry, the construction companies will turn to courts claiming the debt.
During the negotiations, which have been launched already five months ago, no acceptable compromise has been reached yet, Viktors Purins, president of the Latvian Construction Association, informed LETA. The current situation has caused major losses for the construction companies, and they are starting to suspect the state will not observe its liabilities.
No guarantees have been received that, if most construction work is postponed until next year and 2005, the government will honor the contracts.
The interior ministry still has not paid a number of companies for construction work on the eastern border they have carried out. The State Revenue Service claims taxes for the completed construction work, even though the ministry has not yet paid for the work.
Kaspars Martinsons LETA
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During the negotiations, which have been launched already five months ago, no acceptable compromise has been reached yet, Viktors Purins, president of the Latvian Construction Association, informed LETA. The current situation has caused major losses for the construction companies, and they are starting to suspect the state will not observe its liabilities.
No guarantees have been received that, if most construction work is postponed until next year and 2005, the government will honor the contracts.
The interior ministry still has not paid a number of companies for construction work on the eastern border they have carried out. The State Revenue Service claims taxes for the completed construction work, even though the ministry has not yet paid for the work.
Kaspars Martinsons LETA
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