Kemayoran vendors to be evicted

Kemayoran vendors to be evicted

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta municipal administration plans to
evict sidewalk vendors from the main roads of Kemayoran early on
Wednesday.

Mayor Hosea Petra Lumbun said on Tuesday his office would not
relocate the vendors, saying their presence on the streets only
worsened traffic.

Petra said the evictions would target vendors on Jl. Cempaka
Mas, Jl. Garuda, Jl. Letjen Suprapto and Jl. Benyamin Sueb.

Kemayoran Regent Sutarman Hadi said the stalls of the vendors
jutted out into the roads, disturbing traffic.

He said 100 police officers, soldiers and public order
officers would be deployed to carry out the evictions.

A vendor on Jl. Letjen Suprapto said he would risk eviction
and open his stall as usual on Wednesday.

"If we are evicted what else can we do to earn a living? The
Idul Fitri holiday just ended and I spent all my money on the
holiday," Yadi, 38, said as quoted by Beritajakarta. -- JP