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More street vendors to face eviction in the capital
Street vendors in parking lots at the National Monument (Monas) and Poncol, both in Central Jakarta, will have to start thinking about new places to run their business, with the implementation of the Central Jakarta municipal administration’s plan to tidy up the city
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Street vendors in parking lots at the National Monument (Monas) and Poncol, both in Central Jakarta, will have to start thinking about new places to run their business, with the implementation of the Central Jakarta municipal administration’s plan to tidy up the city.
Mayor Sylviana Murni said her administration intended to turn the locations into green areas.
“We plan to convert the two areas into more beautiful and better places than before,” Sylviana said Friday.
“There will be more green areas, parks, pedestrian roads and public facilities. We will relocate hundreds of street vendors there.”
There are 319 vendors at Monas, while there are about 210 vendors making money in Poncol, according to the municipal administration.
There are more than 2,800 street vendors in 68 areas across the municipality at the moment.
Sylviana said she would not evict vendors who made big contributions to the city.
“Plant vendors along Jl. Asia Afrika in Senayan, for instance, are taking part in making the city fresh and green,” she said.
Gearing up for this year’s Adipura cleanest city award inspection in March, the municipality is working hard to clean up the city.
The municipal administration previously cleaned seven areas from street stalls.
In January, it relocated street vendors from Kampung Lima to build a culinary center. The area will become one of five culinary hubs in Central Jakarta.
Councilors from Commission B overseeing economics affairs urged the municipality to be gentle when relocating the street vendors.
“They are human and make big contributions to the capital’s economy,” said councilor Tarmidi Edy Suwarno. “The municipal should give them a place before evicting them.”
The commission’s secretary, Nurmansyah Lubis, called for the municipality to erase any fees from the street vendors.
“They should be released from any fees based on a 2005 gubernatorial decree,” he said.
“The administration should be strict in enforcing the law. People who collect illegal fees from vendors should be punished.”
