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Besides the highly offered price by the government, another factor which makes the traders does not want to move to the newly built kiosks in Blok 1 is their sizes which are small or narrow
as stated before. Stone tables table for putting trading goods on provided by the Government are also too small and high, incompatible with kinds of daily needs goods which are mostly traded
such as vegetables, cassava, coconut, chili etc.
3. Reconstruction of Pasar Inpres II, III, dan IV
Beside the structures of Pasar Inpres I, local government also wants to reconstruct Pasar Inpres II, III, and IV buildings. The decision is stated by the local government through written
announcement which is released by government unit of market in November 10, 2009. In the announcement, local government instructs the traders to empty their old kiosks in preparation to
move until November 13, 2009. In case the traders cannot comply in the meantime, they will be forcibly removed.
The reconstruction on Pasar Inpres II, III, and IV is based on study and test of suitability and function of market which is done by team of Forensic Engineering Politeknik Negeri Padang. The
result of the study can be explained in some points as follows: a. Pasar Inpress II
Regarding of its structure’s suitability by considering mitigation of Earthquake, Pasar
Inpres II’s structure is no longer steady
Regarding of its function suitability based on a market function as comfortable place for shopping, Pasar Inpres II is not suitable.
b. Pasar Inpress III
Its whole structures are in level of unsafe for supporting trading activity
Its structures are not suitable for giving comfort to the buyer and trader, so that its function as market is also deemed to be unsuitable.
c. Pasar Inpress IV
Structures are not suitable and safe for surviving another Earthquake, so that the market only has a slight level of safety.
The building also does not have suitable function as market.
On the other hand, according to the traders the condition of traditional market II, III, and IV still proper for supporting their activity. It is proven by research and observation done by team of
Technical Unity of Entrepreneur Gapeksindo branch Padang which finds that the structure of Inpres market II, III, and IV are still suitable and proper to be occupied. Based on the result
provided by the Gapeskindo, the traders oppose the reconstruction which is done by Padang Local Government.
VI. THE TRADERS’
STRATEGY TO
GET SUPPORT
AGAINST THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S
POLICY
The condition of Pasar Raya which is highly damaged forces the government to make some actions by constructing emergency kiosks. The building of emergency kiosk apparently starts
conflict between traders and local government. The conflict is caused by less of socialization from the government which makes the traders as the earthquake victims feel step aside. This is
