Streets vendors rally against ban

Streets vendors rally against ban

DENPASAR, Bali: Hundreds of street vendors staged peaceful
rally here on Wednesday protesting a recently-issued decree that
bans them from doing business at the famous Sanur beach area.

The protest organizer Jaelani Argo called on authorities to
revoke the ban since no alternative spot has been provided by the
administration for vendors to sell their wares.

"We call on the Denpasar mayor to look closely at this matter
because all we are asking is a chance to keep our livelihood,"
Argo told reporters.

Local reports said that the decree was issued following a
climb in criminal rate in the Sanur beach area after it was
suspected that street vendors, most of whom are migrants from
outside Bali islands, were suspected of being involved in street-
muggings in the area.(zen)