The National Police said it will continue to forcibly evict vendors who have set up their "shops" on heavily transited city streets, parks and plazas in Santo Domingo and Santiago. The new chief of the Police, General Pedro de Jes?s Candelier said that they are acting based on the law that gives the Police the authority to dislodge those that affect the transit of pedestrians. Over the weekend, City Hall and Firemen carried out clean up operations alongside the Avenida Duarte, Parque Enriquillo and nearby areas where the so-called "buhoneros" had already been evicted. The Police is giving the street peddlers 48 hour advance warning before confiscating their merchandise and makeshift stands. The Police announced that it would evict vendors in the vicinity of the Mercado Modelo and Avenida Mella on Today, Monday 22 March. A poll in the List?n Diario showed that city residents favor the clean up operations.
