Garut Regent Allows Street Vendors To Sell During Ramadan, If They Do Not Apply Prokes Dissolved

GARUT - Garut Regent Rudy Gunawan said the local government allowed street vendors (PKL) to sell during the Ramadan momentum on the condition that they must implement health protocols (prokes) to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, if they violate the prokes, the officers will disperse them.

"We opened a trading place in the Islamic Center, please have an association, but still use the procedure, otherwise our TNI, Polri and Satpol PP give the power to dissolve it," said Rudy Gunawan during a coordination meeting to prepare for the Holy Month of Ramadan 1443 Hijri in Pamengkang, Garut, West Java, reported by Antara, Thursday, March 31.

He said that the COVID-19 pandemic must still be watched out for transmission by complying with procedures such as always wearing masks and maintaining distance in various activities.

Including trading activities for street vendors, he said, he still had to pay attention to health procedures as a preventive measure so as not to contract or transmit the COVID-19 outbreak.

"Traders must remain orderly and also apply health protocols," he said. He conveyed the results of a coordination meeting with elements of the Garut Regional Leadership Communication Forum to issue rules during the momentum of the Holy Month of Ramadan, especially in preventing the transmission of the COVID-19 outbreak.

He said the government in the momentum of Ramadan this year invited tarawih activities in congregation at the mosque while still adhering to the prokes.

"So if tarawih is allowed, but still maintain a distance, still wear masks, in places where there are large mosques, if there is an explosion, we will evaluate it later," he said.