Yogyakarta Satpol PP Holds Patrol, Makes Sure There Are No Street Vendors Along Malioboro Street Pedestrians

Malioboro street vendors occupying stalls on the Malioboro Terrace (ANTARA)

YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta City Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) is preparing personnel to carry out patrols to ensure that there are no longer street vendors (PKL) who are still selling along the pedestrian street of Malioboro Street. The patrol will be held on Tuesday, February 8 tomorrow.

"We carry out patrols situationally. Of course together with friends from the DIY Satpol PP," said Yogyakarta City Satpol PP Agus Winarto in Yogyakarta quoted from Antara, Monday, February 7.

According to him, all Malioboro street vendors (PKL) have entered the structuring location on Malioboro Terrace 1 and 2 although there are still some carts left on the pedestrians because the traders are still preparing their shanties to sell.

The Satpol PP personnel on duty in the field, continued Agus, had offered to help carry the carts to the arrangement location but the street vendors chose to move them themselves. "What is certain is that there has been a commitment from traders to vacate Malioboro pedestrians in accordance with the deadline. Tomorrow (Tuesday) it will be clear," he said.

In addition to asking street vendors to ensure they don't leave any items along the Malioboro pedestrian street, shop owners also ensure that they don't display their merchandise until they leave the shop.

"We ask our friends in the field to remind shop owners not to display their merchandise to the pedestrians. We encourage them to enter so that the pedestrians are really clean," he said.

However, Agus said that he still found two street vendors who were not part of any association in Malioboro and did not get a new lapak at the placement location.

The street vendors use a space of about 1 meter on the terrace of the shop to sell and pay rent to the shop owner directly.

"In the future, street vendors will still not be allowed to sell," he said.

Satpol PP has also dispatched personnel to check shop permits because there is a discrepancy between the permits they have and the facts on the ground.

"We will follow up and it is possible to go downhill," he said.