Paola mayor Dominic Grima has taken a stand and closed off the market space after a dispute regarding its regulation.
Grima also wrote a letter to ministers Chris Cardona, Chris Fearne and Owen Bonnici, and parliamentary secretary Silvio Parnis, asking them to take action regarding the clearing up of market spaces.
The matter was highlighted in Parliament last week, when Parnis said that the Government was drawing up a white paper to regulate markets.
This morning the market was set up in SantUbaldesca square, with the change of location bringing havoc and panic among market hawkers and residents.
The change of location limited amount of space for the setting up of the market.