(Movement Against Carbon Market Privatization / MANILA BULLETIN)
At least 100 vendors and stakeholders of the country’s oldest public market asked City Mayor Edgardo Labella to junk the joint venture agreement (JVA) that the city entered into with Megawide Construction Corporation, the engineering company which won the right to redevelop the market.
The vendors expressed their sentiments for at least 15 minutes before they were asked by the police to disperse.
During the rally, the groups also submitted copies of their petition addressed to Labella.
The petition, which was signed by various leaders of various vendors association in the city, is urging the mayor to junk the (JVA).