Delay evacuating shops owners: Legislators<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Legislators have asked the government to
\npostpone the evacuation of 100 shop owners in the Chinatown
\ndistrict.<\/p>\n
Legislators from the Indonesian Democratic Party faction sent
\na letter to the West Jakarta mayor yesterday asking him to delay
\nthe Jan. 31 deadline to move the shop owners out of their
\npremises.<\/p>\n
In the letter, a copy of which was made available to The
\nJakarta Post, the legislators requested the government first
\nsettle the dispute between the shop owners and PT Binacitra
\nTataswati, a company appointed by city-owned PD Pasar Jaya to
\nmanage the Glodok Metro Bridge, a city-owned property where the
\n100 shop owners run their businesses.<\/p>\n
Mayor Sutardjianto sent a letter to the shop owners on Jan.
\n24, instructing them to vacate the premises.<\/p>\n
At issue was a dispute over the amount of rental at the
\npremises. PT Binacitra's offer of Rp 20 million to Rp 22 million
\nper square meter for 20 years was considered too high by the shop
\nowners.<\/p>\n
Looming over the dispute is the government's plan to build a
\nthree-level freeway in the district that may see the walkway
\ndemolished.<\/p>\n
Last month, the shop owners expressed their grievances to the
\nHouse of Representatives.<\/p>\n
In their letter, the legislators said that a previous plan to
\nhold a gathering to seek a solution to the dispute had never
\nhappened.<\/p>\n
It also said that their earlier request for an explanation
\nabout PT Binacitra's legal dealings with PD Pasar Jaya had not
\nbeen addressed.<\/p>\n
But PT Binacitra's lawyer O.C. Kaligis told the Post yesterday
\nthat he had met with legislators in the House.<\/p>\n
The shop owners plan to file two lawsuits today, one against
\nthe mayor and the other requesting the cancellation of the
\nappointment of PT Binacitra by PD Pasar Jaya.<\/p>\n
Shop owners told the Post that the vagueness of PT Binacitra
\nTataswati's existence as the newly appointed management of the
\nproperty, in addition to the exorbitant rent demanded by the
\ncompany, has aroused suspicion among them.<\/p>\n
\"We aren't fighting for political influence, nor are we
\ndemanding any rights. Just clarity about our future,\" a shop
\nowner told the Post. (14)<\/p>",
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