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aight. this is a media circus and i feel like i should say something about it. the PROBE agent was trying to sit the man down & this is the fifth time this man has been selling on the road, NOT the sidewalk. the vendors association of this sidewalk have already agreed to clear- https://twitter.com/sephderiada/status/1197466558991257600
the sm city cebu sidewalk and vend on the opposite sidewalk. this man has also been vending in gaisano colon and fined twice and then in mambaling once. bc of duterteâs orders to clear sidewalks from vendors, many vendors have been displaced from the sidewalks they have been-
vending for several years, but have compromised to move on the opposite sides of the street away from major establishments. the sm city cebu sidewalk vendors (5 of them) have already complained to PROBE that this man wont vend on the other side of the street which also has
decent thoroughfare. as for alternative livelihood, which is the program of cebu city for the vendors affected by duterteâs executive order, this man could not avail of it himself because he is from MANDAUE city. the city has fined this man FOUR TIMES, and this is his fifth.
PROBE enforcement SOP is to separate a vendor from his goods if he repeatedly commits violations the same way you would ask a driver out of his car if an accident happens. this man was asked to sit down, not harmed. after the video, he apologized and was fined AGAIN (bc the city
CANNOT perform penal actions). i just feel like this video is too sensationalized for no good reason. raquel arce, head of PROBE & jonil matugina, head of market operations, have been trying their best to give displaced vendors a better alternative compared to-
the terrible status of displaced metro manila vendors. they are given alternative streets to vend and a vending area planned out so they dont crowd a single street that harms their business.
making a sensation out of this out of context video only makes the lguâs who are forced to follow executive orders look bad when du30âs rash decision to clear out streets with no development plan and social amelioration for affected vendors is the main bullshit move.
plus, the drama of it all when after the video he got his oranges back and a P500 ticket. it almost seems political.
tl;dr:
âą this man was forced to sit down because heâs been causing a commotion.
âą PROBE enforcers have no weapons, not even batons. they ticket people.
âą PROBE took action bc the vendors in the area complained bc this man has been vending on the prohibited sidewalk
âą this man was forced to sit down because heâs been causing a commotion.
âą PROBE enforcers have no weapons, not even batons. they ticket people.
âą PROBE took action bc the vendors in the area complained bc this man has been vending on the prohibited sidewalk
and most importantly, letâs just ask du//30 why tf he made a bullshit exec. order with no foresight and no plans to help vendors theyâre going to rob of their livelihood instead. not this âwe live in a societyâ sentiment. itâs so liberal.
right now, 600 sidewalk vendors are displaced in cebu city. if they return to their puesto, the lgu would be violating and exec. order and the mayor would be suspended. rash admin decisions like this is proof that the upper class dont give a shit what happens to these people.
PROBE job order enforcers make 8K a month, probably the same as orange man. both of them are doing their jobs. this kind of media circus is what alienates the working class from each other. and im sick of it!! letâs upgrade this reaction activism siguro
