Vendors at the Divisoria Public Market are preparing to file a lawsuit against Manila presidential candidate and Mayor Isko Moreno, mayoral candidate, vice mayor Honey Lacuna and some Manila councilors, as the local government sold the market to Festina Holdings in the amount of 1.446 Billion pesos by City Resolution 180.
Vendors questioned why the city council forged and passed the law initiated by Majority Floor Leader Joel Chua to give the mayor the right to sell “patrimonial property” in Manila and passed it signed by Vice Mayor Lacuna and Ernesto Isip Jr. as president pro-tempore and acting presiding officer of the city council.
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Divisoria Public Market cooperative president Emmanuel Plaza said that apart from the cases they will file in court, they first appealed to the Senate and Malacañang to address the grievances of vendors who have been in the market for several decades. .
Vendors received a letter from the Market Administration Office on November 11, 2020 to inform them that the Divisoria Public Market will be closed from January 31, 2021 due to the construction of a new building to be constructed at Tabora St., Comercio St. , M.de Santos St., and Sto. Cristo St., Binondo, Manila, but they were shocked to learn that the market had been sold.