Gerindra To Strive For Traditional Markets

Denpasar (Antara Bali) - The female legislative candidate from Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party in Bali, Ni Kadek Desy Dwi Jayanti, is determined to strive for traditional markets on the island of Gods.

"We will manage the traditional markets to bring them on a par with modern ones in our effort to improve economic activities on this island resort of Bali," Desy Dwi Jayanti stated here on Tuesday.

She noted that traditional markets have played bigger roles in economic sustainability because things there were not only similar in quality to those in the modern markets, but were cheaper.

Although things in traditional markets are cheaper, people prefer shopping in modern markets because they are cleaner and more comfortable.

"Therefore we will continue to fight for traditional markets, particularly in Denpasar, to make them as competitive and comfortable as modern markets are," she pointed out.

According to her, proper management of traditional markets to make the atmosphere there livelier will directly improve the welfare of the society, because populist economic sectors will gain a broader market access.

"The farmers and populist economic sector will only survive if they have broader market access. Therefore, the management and development of traditional markets should be made to improve people`s welfare," Desy Dwi Jayanti noted.

Meanwhile, another woman legislative candidate from Gerindra, Putu Paramitha Purnama Sari, also pointed out the importance of clean, orderly, and healthy traditional markets for the improvement of people`s economy.

She promised that if she is elected legislator in the upcoming legislative elections, she will fight for generating more funds to develop traditional markets and creative economy.