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City racks brain to accommodate street vendors

“The city administration not only acts as a law enforcer but also establishes regulations based on the principle of fairness. […] Lest we think there is a segment of society to which we are allergic,” Anies added.

Sausan Atika (The Jakarta Post)
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Thu, September 5, 2019

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City racks brain to accommodate street vendors Pedestrians share limited space with street vendors occupying sidewalks under the Tanah Abang Skybridge in Central Jakarta on May. 15. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)

T

he Jakarta administration is currently preparing a roadmap on the arrangement of street vendors throughout the city, officials have said.

The city administration revealed the plan a few days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of two plaintiffs, Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politicians William Aditya Sarana and Zico Leonard Djagardo, in December.

The closure of Jl. Jatibaru Raya in the Tanah Abang business center of Central Jakarta in 2017, among other cases, prompted the plaintiffs to file the lawsuit on allowing vendors to set up on selected roads and sidewalks.

Announced on Aug. 12, the decision stated that Article 25 paragraph 1of the 2007 Jakarta bylaw on public order was not legally binding, as it contradicted a 2009 law on traffic and road transportation.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan insisted the court ruling did not have any impact and said it had "expired" as the closure of Jl. Jatibaru was no being longer implemented.

"The court ruling does not stipulate a prohibition [against street vendors] trading on the sidewalk but it revoked the governor's authority to manage the road. The decision does not have any impact because Jl. Jatibaru is no longer used for trading," he told reporters on Wednesday, adding that other prevailing regulations granted street vendors permission to trade on sidewalks with particular requirements.

He cited New York as one of the cities with the best arrangement for street vendors operating on sidewalks.

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