President supports cleanup of Stabroek Square, regrets delay in placing vendors

President David Granger yesterday said that he supports the efforts of the Mayor and City Council to clean up and restore order to the Stabroek Square but regrets the delay in readying the alternative site for displaced vendors.

“I support the work of the Mayor and City Council to rectify the problems there and to put the vending on a more orderly footing. I deeply regret that there has been some delay between the removal of the vendors and the cleaning up of the square and their resettlement,” he said, moments after the taping of his weekly forum, “the Public Interest” ended.

Last week, dozens of vendors were removed from Stabroek Square to facilitate a clean-up exercise and