Vendors rally at mayor's office

Vendors rally at mayor's office

Some 200 street vendors who were evicted from the pavement on
Jl. Kiasnawi, Pasar Anyer, in a raid last Saturday staged a rally
at the mayor's office on Monday morning to demand they be allowed
to trade along the street.

"If we continue to trade along the street, we would be in
violation of the rules. We just want to earn money to feed our
families," said Rizal who led the vendors.

He said if clashes between public order officers and vendors
broke out, vendors would not be to blame because they only wanted
to earn a living.

If the administration were to allow vendors to operate along
the street, he said, all vendors would be willing to abide by the
rules and uphold public order.

Municipal public order agency chief M. Akip and Sabar
Situmorang, who led the raid against vendors last Saturday, met
15 of the 200 vendors.

However, no agreement was reached between vendors and the
administration because Akip insisted that the vendors to move to
another location that had been provided for them. --JP