The Business Coordinating Council said in a full-page advertisement in Reforma Thursday that it “energetically rejects these types of controls because they violate basic liberties of businesses protected by our laws.”
Earlier this week, City Hall sent a bill to lawmakers to impose rezoning regulations in areas near traditional markets. The bill is meant to curb the influence of supermarkets and department stores in areas where traditional market culture thrives.
The bill does not specifically define the distance a supermarket or department store can open from traditional markets.
“Limits to economic activity affect free competition, inhibit private investment and employment, and negatively impact the interests of consumers in the capital,” the advertisement stated.
Mexico City has 318 traditional markets, officials say.
— Mexico Weekly
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