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strong>Aug. 16, p9

The recent eviction of street vendors and squatters in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, has sparked a public outcry, with the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) demanding the city administration provide livable housing and vending places for the evictees.

Your comments:

Don'€™t you feel empathy when the poor evicted vendors earn money very hard?

So, why do you not let them stay in low-cost apartments? You must make free-cost apartments for them, because they should not feel the difficult and stressful situation.

In contrast, the street vendors need to earn money and they know how to do business when many clients see these vendors in street.

You must know their business.

Tatkukap

Where is the law that says people are allowed housing when evicted from an area where they are living illegally? Where is the law that says people should be given a new business when evicted from an area they were conducting business illegally?

There are none. As for a law that entitles people to have housing, there is housing.

They just need to go and rent or buy it. It is there. If you can'€™t afford it, go home where you can find affordable housing.

You decided that you can live wherever you like, disregarding any laws, so now you find out how things really work.

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