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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. refuted Councilor Bartolome Orola’s assertion that the Sangguniang Panlungsod approved a resolution allowing fish vendors to occupy Ballesteros Street.
“The (approved) resolution was merely asking the (local) chief executive to act on the proliferation of vendors on the streets around Central Market, and nothing more,” Gamboa stressed.
He stressed the resolution does not give Mayor Evelio Leonardia “the imprimatur to simply close any street. … In fact, the (local) chief executive, as a matter of law, should need an ordinance, not a mere resolution.”
Earlier Gamboa said letting fish vendors to occupy Ballesteros Street is illegal since no ordinance or resolution allows it.
But Orola insisted the resolution they passed on Aug. 24 asks Leonardia to designate appropriate sites for the fish vendors.
As a result, Ballesteros Street was identified as the fish vendors’ temporary location, cluster head for markets Ernie Pineda had said.
But Gamboa stressed the resolution did not state the designated street or the specific period of time for its closure.
Closing streets temporarily for articles of commerce that may be sold and dispensed to the general public is provided for in Section 21 (d) of the Local Government Code, which requires a duly enacted ordinance, he insisted./PN
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