CEMVEDCO chairman Erwin Gok-ong, in a position letter endorsed to the council on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, maintained that it would be unfair for the public market vendors if the proposed amending ordinance will only apply to and amend the provisions of the Cebu City Market Code of 2017 relative to the Cebu Carbon Public Market.
Because of this, he said, there is a possibility that the suppliers of agriculture and aquatic products will be discouraged from supplying vendors at the Carbon Public Market due to the high entrance fees. CEMVEDCO’s position letter is part of the ongoing public hearing for Councilor Renato Osmeña Jr.’s proposed ordinance entitled “An Ordinance Amending Subsections 4.2 of Section 4, 5.1 of Section 5, subsections 11.3, 11.4a, 11.5, 11.5b, 11.6, 11.10, 11.11, 11.12, and 11.13 OF Section 11, and Subsection 12.4 of Section 12 of Ordinance No. 2486, otherwise known as The Cebu City Market Code of 2017.
“Sa bala-ud pwede ba diay mokolekta si C2W og entrance fees, garbage fees, ug parking fees sa usa ka public market? Kon private market na ang Carbon ug moingon nga dili supak sa balaud ang ilang pagpangolekta, wala kami mahimo,” he added.According to the group, the present entrance fee for all types of fish, according to the City Ordinance 2514, is P20 per fish tank or P.80 per kilo.