The West Sumatra Ombudsman Suspects That There Are Persons Playing For The Rental Of Street Vendors In Kelok Sembilan
The Ombudsman representing West Sumatra suspects that there is a capitalization practice carried out by certain individuals to rent out selling places for street vendors (PKL) along Jalan Layang Kelok Sembilan which is located in Limapuluh Kota Regency."These places could have also been capitalized by certain elements," said Head of the Ombudsman representative of West Sumatra Yefri Heriani in Padang, quoted from Antara, Thursday, April 14.For information, the Governor of West Sumatra Province Mahyeldi has instructed his staff to bring order to street vendors in the Kelok Sembilan Flyover area.The governor's directive is to minimize congestion, damage to facilities to prevent traffic accidents on the road, especially during homecoming.However, until now the West Sumatra Provincial Government has not executed or disciplined street vendors who sell along Jalan Kelok Sembilan."The governor needs to ensure his officers in the field to execute the instructions that have been delivered," Yefri emphasized.As a regional leader, the governor must ensure that the time for solving the problem of changing the function of the Kelok Sembilan Flyover. This is because it is feared that persuasive actions taken will be hindered by allegations of people who have capitalized land."The impact of persuasive action will be challenged so that it is difficult to restore the function of the road," he said.Previously, the Head of the West Sumatra Satpol PP, Irwan, said that his party immediately brought order to traders selling on the flyover or Kelok Sembilan Flyover, Limapuluh Kota Regency because the selling location was not in accordance with its designation.
"Actually, socialization about the designation of the Kelok Sembilan Flyover has often been carried out on traders. However, because before Eid there were many travelers, there were those who took advantage of the opportunity to trade in locations that were not justified," he said.