Senen Street Vendors Difficult to Be controlled
Reported by Andry | Translated by Isa Efriadi
Central Jakarta Administration is finding difficulties in controlling street vendors who are still settling roadsides in Pasar Senen area, Central Jakarta. The problem is because there is no information from PD Pasar Jaya about which traders who become the victims of Blok III fire and which are not but still trading on roadsides.
We are going to move traders to sell their goods in appropriate place if the socialization is set
Central Jakarta Mayor, Saefullah, said he is still waiting for PD Pasar Jaya to move whole fire victims of Pasar Senen Blok III traders to temporary shelters until finish. “We are going to move traders to sell their goods in appropriate place if the socialization is set,” he stated, Saturday (5/24).
Saefullah stressed that the traders who settling roadsides and sidewalks are indeed violating rules and have to be controlled. But, before there is information from PD Pasar Jaya about relocation place of Blok III fire victim traders, he cannot control the street vendors.
Pasar Senen Traders Refuse to Occupy Temporary Kiosks at Block VMeanwhile, Central Jakarta Satpol PP head, Yadi Rusmadi, explained that the street vendors are selling on roadsides because the condition is considered urgent and they are allowed to open stalls. “Pasar Senen traders are selling on roadsides because of the fire. So, we should tolerate it. That must be understood together,” he uttered.
According to Rusmadi, his party can only wait until PD Pasar Jaya finished preparing the temporary shelters and relocating ex-Blok III Traders who becomes fire victims. “If PD Pasar Jaya announced it is clear, it means the whole fire victims have been accommodated and then we’ll move. It is currently still not clear, because PD Pasar Jaya has not told us if everything is finished,” he explained.
Rusmadi also told that his party cannot control the street vendors settling roadsides in Senen area because his personnel do not know whether the traders are Blok III traders or not. “This is still a grey area. I don’t want the traders doing resistance if we controlled them but they felt have not been accommodated yet,” he stressed.
