Hydronie, Parika vendors protest demolition, burning of pallets

Vendors hold placards as they protest against the demolishing of their stalls and burning of their pallets (Arian Brown photo)

By Mandy Thompson

Vendors from Hydronie and Parika yesterday protested against the burning of their pallets that were seized by market officials last Friday and the threat of the demolition of stalls along the Parika Stelling.

About 60 vendors protested in front of market committee member Lyndon Fowler, who is the person in charge for the demolition of stalls and is considered the mastermind behind the exercise. Some of the vendors even sat on Fowler’s bridge for a short while.

Chants of “Fowler must go” and “Fowler is a stooge” echoed as the