Lattakia-Sana
A number of stall owners and vendors of vegetables, fruits and food gathered in the popular vegetable market at the entrance to the market in the center of Lattakia, rejecting the city council’s decision to move the market to another place.
A SANA reporter stated that the gathering is to demand that the vegetable market is not moved to the Qunnas Square and keep it in place after the city council’s decision to move the market to the new location in Qinas Square inside the city. Vegetables and fruits.
Governor of Latakia Ibrahim Khader Al-Salem explained in a phone call to the Syrian channel that the distance between the current vegetable market and the new market is 300 meters and the new market can expand to 193 places within the region, but the old market called the "insurance market" does not meet health conditions and is in a dilapidated situation and citizens The workers in it were the ones who requested the transfer of the market, and with their consent, this market was prepared from brick and sewage canopies, toilets and services for all, whether for expatriates or workers in the market.
He added: Those who intercepted today are from outside the market who have infringing stands that extended towards the cultural center, and a new market will be secured for them in the region during the coming period for who deserves, stressing that a decision can not be taken in the governorate except after studying the place of pros and cons and that all market operators have their place secured as well as a subject Families of the martyrs and the wounded, even if some of them violate, will also secure a place for them.
The head of the Lattakia City Council, engineer Ahmed Al-Hallaq stressed that the place the market currently occupies is unhealthy because it is closed and the infrastructure is not available and it was agreed with the occupants to move to the new market at the entrance to the Qunnas neighborhood but the protesters are the owners of the irregular stands and the occupants of the sidewalks at the entrance of what is called a "market" Insurances ”and not shop owners in the market.
He added that the current market is closed and its health conditions are weak and therefore the decision to move it to a better place and according to appropriate health conditions and in a suitable place for sale and the new market is equipped with sanitation and is open and easy to clean daily in the morning and evening and collect garbage in it via cars.