The trade association does not support the mayor’s proposal to close the stores

The National Trade Association (OKSZ) does not support the proposal of Mayor Karácsony Gergely about closing certain stores.

On Sunday, Karácsony Gergely initiated an initiative for the government to allow the mayors of the towns and the Mayor of Budapest to restrict the opening of non-essential shops and to order closure if necessary.

In response to MTI, Vámos György, Secretary General of the OKSZ, said the proposal was not supported. Trade regulation, he stressed, requires unified governance at national level. They find it difficult to imagine one type of store being open in one locality and not in another. (MTI)