Mayor Of Surabaya: I Ordered Satpol PP Not To Displace

JAKARTA - Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi emphasized that there is no longer any concept of eviction of street vendors (PKL) without a solution. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in the City of Heroes, East Java.

"I have ordered the Satpol PP not to move," said Mayor Eri Cahyadi in Surabaya, Monday, February 21, quoted from Antara.

Eri said that in recent times the municipal government has been intensely mobilizing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), starting from the Kue Wisata Village in the Rungkut area, the development of Tunjungan Romansa, the involvement of SMEs in the production of student uniforms, and so on.

"We will assemble everything into a movement to stimulate MSMEs to increase their turnover, and lead to job openings," he continued.

From the side of street vendors, Mayor Eri promised to carry out development and arrangement. So, he continued, there will no longer be a concept of origin and eviction without a solution.

"We are developing structuring solutions because after all, street vendors are Surabaya residents who search for food with great struggle, they are very noble because they do not want to give up fighting for their families, and do not give up on wanting to join the MBR group," said Eri Cahyadi.

However, he continued, after being given a representative place to trade, street vendors still had to obey the rules.

Previously, the Mayor said that his party had also prepared three strategies to optimize labor-intensive programs aimed at re-activating the wheels of the economy in the city of Surabaya, which was affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The three strategies in question are MSME-based labor-intensive, optimizing and accelerating APBD expenditures as well as collaboration with large corporations and investors to partner with MSMEs.

"Currently, the Surabaya City Government has prepared a number of intervention programs for MSMEs and street vendors," he said.