The socialization is currently being conducted. If the street vendors are still found, we will follow up them and should not protest

As many as 339 street vendors in the National Monument (Monas)'s IRTI will be given warning letter today or Thursday (6/26). This is because they do not have trade permit.

Head of Gambir Sub-District, Henri Perez Sitorus disclosed the warning letter is given to minimize street vendors or illegal vendors in Monas. "In accordance with the Public Order Bylaw, all vendors who do not have trade permit will be followed up," he expressed, Wednesday (6/25).

Before being controlled, he stated, the vendors should get socialization first in order to prevent chaotic in the raid. "The socialization is currently being conducted. If the street vendors are still found, we will follow up them and should not protest," he stressed.

He furthered the socialization is holding at the office of Gambir Sub-District and will be conducted in two stages, starting at 1 PM (first stage) and 3 PM (second stage). "We do socialization two times, considering we don't have adequate land to accommodate vendors," he told.

To control street vendors, he said, the second and third warning letter must also be given to them. "After doing socialization, there will be no tolerance for street vendors. We plan to control them after Presidential election," he explained. 

Meanwhile, Fitria (38), one of vendors in IRTI area, admitted she has yet to know about the news of warning letter against street vendors by Gambir Sub-District apparatus. "I don't know, when they give the letter? But I support this policy because I am an official vendor," she uttered.