Gan decries ‘attack’ on ambulant vendors

By LITO RULONA
Correspondent

City Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Leon Gan called down City Mayor Oscar Moreno, Majority Floor Leader Ian Mark Nacaya, and the management of City Economic Enterprise Department (CEED) for being “anti-poor.”

In his radio program “Ang Baruganan” over the weekend, Gan said the imposition of new rules to the ambulant vendors in Cogon Public Market is considered as unfair, one-sided, imbalanced and unjust.

“Sa panahon sa eleksyon ang mga kabus atong duolan kung mahimo atong kuhiton aron lamang kita mapansin. Apan karon nga nakalingkod na dili nato balibalihon sa ilang mga problema. Kining mga gagmay nga negosyante palibot sa merkado nga mao ilang gisaligan pagpa-eskwela sa ilang mga anak,” he said.

Nacaya, who chairs of the City Council Committee on Markets imposed new rules over the sidewalk vendors.

In a press statement, he claimed that two weeks after ambulant vendors’ stalls and other materials were confiscated and dismantled, streets around the vicinity of Cogon Market are now widely passable to commuters and vehicles.

He claimed that the streets around Cogon Market have a lot of pedestrians daily and that the city government did it to enhance traffic flow within the area.