City Mayor Hamilton Green believes that vendors outside the Stabroek Market are victims of the absence of proper planning on the part of Central Government and the municipality, and insists that he will not be part of a ‘band-aid operation’.

The mayor yesterday capitalized on the presence of members of the media at City Hall for a press conference which was originally called by Town Clerk Beulah Williams to comment on the protest action there by vendors on Tuesday.

Green said that the occasion of Cricket World Cup should not be used to mask a serious planning problem and to “allow some set of people to micro-manage the city council.”

“I will not allow anyone to micro-manage this place, and they are using some (city) officials to do just that. I want this to be made very clear