MP Sanda Min has declared Yangon ‘a city in ruin’ where law and order are ignored.
Why? Because the roadside vendors are out of control.
The regional MP for Seikgyi Kanaungto Township spoke at Friday’s regional parliament session in response to a proposal by another regional MP on how to discipline roadside vendors in the city.
Eleven quoted Sanda Min as saying: “In a city, there are rules for systematic living. In Yangon, one can see the avoiding road safety laws by vehicles as well as vendors, and in some cases, the throwing away of rubbish or the illegal use of electricity and water.”
“Everywhere, one can easily see laws being broken. On public pavements, there are vendors selling their things and neglecting the rule of law. It is a time to take serious action against the offenders. Otherwise, Yangon will be a city filled with rubbish, squatters and vendors and where traffic rules are mostly violated.”
She also issued a warning to city authorities: “If the responsible administrative personnel are afraid of taking action against the offenders, it is time to replace them.”
Sanda Min previously held former-president Thein Sein’s vacated Lower House seat representing Zabuthiri Township from 2012 to 2015. Before that, she served stints in prison from 1989 to 1992, in 1996 and from 2007 to 2012 for her political activism.
If these non-criminal offenses incense the politician so much, we’d best not tell her about the slightly rising rate of serious crimes in the already-ruined city.
