Without Forcing Dismantlement, The Regent Of Cianjur Asks Traders At Bojongmeron Park To Reopen Fields At Pasirhayam Market

The Regent of Cianjur Regency, West Java, asked traders in Bojongmeron Park to dismantle their stalls themselves and move back to the main market which will be enlivened by the local government, Friday (22/9/2023). (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri)

CIANJUR - The Cianjur Regency Government, West Java, has brought order to traders who opened stalls in Bojongmeron Park without carrying out forced demolition. Traders argued that they returned to Bojongmeron because the stall at Pasirhayam Main Market was empty of buyers. Cianjur Regent Herman Suherman said he was controlling it along with elements of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda). Satpol PP officers and he immediately spoke to traders. "Today until evening, they are still allowed to open stalls on land that have actually become city parks since the last few years. I and Forkopimda have asked traders to dismantle their stalls and return to the main market," he said in Cianjur, West Java, Antara, Friday, September 22. Regarding the lack of Pasirhayam Main Market because there is a shadow market in the middle of Cianjur City, the district government will hold various programs including arts and cultural activities to fashion exhibitions, so that prospective buyers will visit it. "We have prepared various programs including asking the state civil apparatus (ASN) within the Cianjur Regency Government to regularly shop for all household and office needs in traditional markets so that the general public can follow it," he said. A number of traders said they were forced to reopen stalls in former markets that were transformed into city parks, because there were few buyers at the main market, and even so far they closed their stalls at the market. "If there is government assistance to revive the main market, we will certainly return to the market because it is more comfortable. So far, we have held stalls on this park because since it was opened until now the main market has been empty of buyers," said clothing trader at the Bojongmeron park, Toto Sumarto. The same thing was said by vegetable trader Nuryati who was forced to reopen the stall in Bojongmeron because her two stalls in the main market were empty of buyers. Since the last year, he and dozens of other traders have chosen to return because there are many buyers.

"The main market was only busy at the beginning, after a year it was quiet. We chose to reopen the stall at Bojongmeron because the buyers who came every day were quite busy. If the main market was arranged and the government helped, of course we would move," he said.