Complaints mount against ‘abusive’ Baguio POSD men
>> Monday, August 1, 2016
BAGUIO CITY – Complaints continued to mount
against personnel of the Public Order and Safety Division who have reportedly
been abusive and unjust in treatment of vendors here who were manhandled and
whose goods were reportedly arbitrarily confiscated by the POSD.
Following this, Mayor
Mauricio G. Domogan urged roving vendors to secure permits and strictly adhere
to rules and regulations stipulated in their permits to avoid being apprehended
by the POSD.
The city mayor said
the Baguio City Market Authority (BCMA), the policy-making body empowered to
oversee issues and concerns on the public market and vending activities,
already allowed issuance of special permits to roving vendors with specific
rules and regulations that is why they must comply with the requirement in
order for them not to be apprehended.
One of the rules
stated in the special permits issued to roving vendors is that their vending
activities will be confined in the barangays where they come from, thus, POSD
personnel are empowered to apprehend them once they go beyond the places where
they are authorized to sell their goods.
“We continue to find
ways and means on how to help our roving vendors because we recognize the fact
that they need to earn income for their families, However, we appeal to our
roving vendors to comply with the agreed rules and regulations on how they will
vend in order to avoid being chanced upon by POSD personnel,” Domogan stressed.
He said the BCMA
fixed the jurisdictions of the vending areas of the roving vendors upon consultations
with them that is why roving vendors are aware of such rules which were
previously agreed upon, thus, what is important is for them to abide by the
rules for them to freely sell their goods to their clients.
According to him, it
is also unfair for the public to judge the POSD personnel for apprehending
several vendors without looking into the violations committed by the
apprehended vendors considering that they are just doing their job.
He called on the
vendors to report to him the abuses being committed by POSD personnel so that
the appropriate disciplinary action could be imposed on them depending on the
outcome of the investigation that will be conducted to give a chance for those
being alluded to air their side of the tory.
The city mayor said
the city government will continue its unrelenting and uncompromising campaign
against ambulant vendors in order to clear the sidewalks from vending
activities that contribute in constricting the smooth flow of pedestrian
traffic in the central business district area.
He urged POSD
personnel to continue discharging their assigned duties and responsibilities
with utmost dedication and passion so that the city’s sidewalks will remain
free from the proliferation of ambulant vendors in order to send a clear message
to those enterprising individuals not to try pursuing their illegal activities
in the city in the coming days.
He said the BCMA will
find ways and means on how to provide leeway for roving vendors to be able to
sustain their sources of livelihood without compromising the interest of
legitimate vendors in their respective barangays.-- Dexter A. See
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