The provincial government held a press conference to clarify the Commerce Reorganization Plan underway in the capital, following a protest that brought together hundreds of 'zungueiras' (street vendors) women from the São Paulo area, who marched against the ban on sales.
The spokeswoman for the Trade Reordering Plan, who addressed the situation on Avenida Ngola Kiluanje and Rua Cónego Manuel das Neves, Nádia Neto, said that 400 street vendors have already been registered and the forecast is that this number will increase in the coming days.
Nádia Neto stressed that the registration process began in January of this year, with the awareness and registration of saleswomen, which will only end "when the objectives are achieved".
According to Nádia Neto, the registration process is free, as well as access to the markets, requiring only the presentation of a photograph and copy of the identity card.
Outside the São Paulo market, a group of people are carrying out the registration process, said Nádia Neto, stressing that in that area there are 'zungueiras' from various parts of the province.
"This registration also aims to understand where the ladies come from, what makes it easier for each of them, we have markets located in the new municipalities of Luanda and it will be up to the ladies to choose the market where they want to be included, but that choice has to be organized, because as soon as vacancies in certain markets close, we will have to move to the markets that are available", she stressed.
The person in charge advanced that there is a lot of preference for the São Paulo market, recognizing that vacancies in that area are limited.
Nádia Neto underlined that the approximately 60 thousand benches are already available and ready to be occupied by registered people.
"As we speak, saleswomen are being reclassified in this market and in the Chapada market", she said.
Questioned about what led the 'zungueiras' to demonstrate, despite the information and awareness-raising provided, Nádia Neto said that it is necessary to be calm and "try to gather all the information regarding this process".
"We must understand that this is a process that has been running since January, we have been carrying out various awareness-raising works within the Gajajeiras (warehouse area) and Cónego Manuel das Neves and Ngola Kiluanje avenues since January, we have been informing the saleswomen, to commercial establishments, to the residents' committee, that a Commerce Reorganization Plan was made and that it aims precisely to organize these zones and that this plan would be executed at any time", she explained.
According to the spokesperson, the first axis was information, awareness and registration and the second axis is the framing of saleswomen within the markets, and the plan also covers the repositioning of commercial establishments, the verification of warehouses in these perimeters and the reordering of the solid waste collection process.
"It is necessary at this point to be very calm, so that we can all go to this registration point, obtain all the necessary information so that we can go to the next step", she appealed.
"I think there is a concern [of the 'zungueiras'] because of the information, we have been talking to the coordinators and they are the ones who have been working with the saleswomen (...) we believe that talking to the ladies themselves they will be able to express what their fears are, we are just focused on creating all the conditions for them to come and sell in places authorized by the provincial government", she stressed.
For Nádia Neto, "the streets do not offer the necessary security".
"We have created the conditions in our markets and we are waiting for all of them that are available", she added, stressing that women "are authorized to continue to do their 'zunga', an act that has been part of society since the past".
"We are not fighting the 'zungueiras' mommies, they will continue to do their 'zunga', what we are doing at the moment is to reorganize the trade, is to remove the saleswomen from unauthorized places and redirect them to authorized places , the markets. During this period, they will help us to carry out this process, registering and being forwarded to the nearest location", she concluded.
