THE City Government of Tarlac assured market vendors that it will recover control over the public market, which is now being managed by the Paliparan Central Market Corporation.
“We want to recover our public market and operate this for the better welfare and protection of rights of our market vendors,” Mayor Cristy Angeles said.
In October 2014, the improvement, development, maintenance and management of the public market were transferred to Paliparan Central Market Corporation through a lease agreement.
Angeles said Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 63 has issued a Temporary Restraining Order against the company for violating the lease agreement and the Tarlac City Omnibus Market Code of 2008 pertaining to rental rates, procedure in awarding stallholders, prohibition on subleasing and prohibition against obstructions on passageways and sidewalk vendors.
“They also refused to implement the Market Code of Tarlac City, and the establishment of structures without prior approval considering that the public market is a public utility imbued with public interest,” she furthered.
“We have reached 50 percent in this battle and we will continue to fight so that our public market will be given back to our market vendors,” she added. (PIA Central Luzon)