Sadiq Khan ya yi kakkausar suka ga abin da ya kira "girman kai mai ban mamaki" na Majalisar Westminster, wadda ta ci gaba da tsare-tsare kan shan abin sha a tsaye a Soho kuma ta toshe bude sabbin mashaya da gidajen giya a wurin.
Magajin garin Landan ya zargi majalisar da ke karkashin jagorancin Conservative da yin watsi da sakamakon tuntubar jama'a game da sabbin dokokinta na lasisi. Yawancin mutanen da suka amsa—kashi 81%—basu yarda da "yankin tasiri mai tarin yawa" na majalisar ba, wanda ke nufin cewa aikace-aikacen sabbin mashaya da gidajen giya a West End na Landan, daya daga cikin shahararrun wuraren rayuwar dare a Turai, ana kin su sai dai idan akwai yanayi na musamman. Wani kashi 84% ya ce manufar za ta cutar da kasuwancin gida.
Mutane sun kuma suki matsayar majalisar game da "shan giya a tsaye," wanda ke nufin tsayawa a tsaye don shan abin sha, al'ada ce ta gama gari a gidajen giya na Biritaniya. Majalisar ta ba da shawara, ga fushin jama'a, cewa sabbin lasisi ya kamata a ba da su ne kawai ga wuraren da ke ba da sabis na tebur maimakon sabis na mashaya, da kuma inda abokan ciniki ke zama maimakon tsayawa.
Magajin garin ya mayar da martani ga tuntubar bazara na majalisar ta hanyar gaya musu su soke yankin tasiri mai tarin yawa kuma su ba da damar shan giya a tsaye a gidajen giya da mashaya. Firayim Minista Andy Burnham shi ma ya shiga ciki, yana cewa shan giya a tsaye wani bangare ne na "rayuwar Biritaniya."
Duk da haka, majalisar tana manne da manufofin biyu. Ta yi iƙirarin cewa waɗanda suka koka kawai basu fahimci kalmomin da ke cikin takardar lasisinta ba.
Khan ya gaya wa Guardian: "Girman kai na Majalisar Westminster abin ban mamaki ne. Ta hanyar yin watsi da duk wanda ke adawa da shirye-shiryensu da kuma ɗaukar masauki a tsakiyar babban birninmu a matsayin matsala, suna barin kasuwanci, mazauna, da tattalin arzikinmu a kasa. Sun gwammace su ga rayuwar dare ta mutu fiye da ta bunƙasa."
Tim Barnes, mataimakin shugaban Majalisar Westminster, ya ce ainihin batun shine aikin 'yan sanda kuma ya bukaci ƙarin albarkatu a yankin. Ya kara da cewa: "Bayan rashin jituwa kan kalmomin manufofi, akwai matsaloli masu tsanani da ke hana masana'antar masaukinmu ci gaba. Rashin saka hannun jari a aikin 'yan sanda ya sa Met ta ƙi yawancin aikace-aikacen lasisi saboda damuwar tsaron jama'a."
Amma manufar lasisi ta ƙarshe har yanzu tana kiyaye ƙuntatawa kan shan giya a tsaye. Ta ce: "Lokacin yin la'akari da sabbin aikace-aikacen lasisi, a hana yawan buguwa da kuma ƙarfafa ƙarin wurin zama a wuraren da ake sayar da giya, domin mutane su zauna su ji daɗin abin sha kuma su yi odar abinci ta sabis na tebur, maimakon samun buɗaɗɗen wurin mashaya don yawan shan giya a tsaye."
A cikin manufar da aka bita, majalisar ta lura cewa kwanan nan ta amince da sabon gidan giya a yankin tasiri mai tarin yawa—The Lady a Covent Garden. Duk da haka, yawancin sararin gidan giyan na gidan cin abinci ne na zama. Takardar ta ce mashaya a bene na ƙasa ba za a yarda da ita ba a al'ada, amma tana da kyau a nan saboda za ta "yi aiki ne kawai tare da amfani da gidan cin abinci."
Gwamnati na shirin ba Khan sabbin iko don "kiran" yanke shawaran majalisun gida da bai yarda da su ba.
Ya ce: "Shahararrun sassan masauki da rayuwar dare na Landan suna da mahimmanci ga tattalin arzikinmu kuma wani bangare ne na abin da ke sa babban birninmu ya zama na musamman. Gudanar da yankinmu na rayuwar dare mai shahara a duniya tare da halin ƙaramin tunani, na zauren ƙauye ba abu ne mai dorewa ba. Shi ya sa gwamnati ta yi daidai da ba ni sabbin iko don taimaka wa masaukinmu da rayuwar dare mai ban sha'awa su bunƙasa, ƙirƙirar ƙarin ayyuka da kuma kiyaye mu a matsayin birni mai rai na duniya."
Bayanan sun nuna cewa tsakanin 2023 da 2026, kashi 3.5% kawai na aikace-aikacen lasisi da suka je kwamitin Westminster an amince da su kamar yadda aka gabatar. Aikace-aikacen gidajen giya da mashaya sun ragu da kashi 80% daga 2022 zuwa 2024.
Soho Society, ƙungiyar da aka kafa a 1972 don "kare halin Soho," ta zaɓi a taron shekara-shekara na gaba a farkon wannan bazara don ɗaukar sabon umarni na lasisi. Wannan yana nufin za ta bincika duk sabbin aikace-aikacen mashaya da gidajen cin abinci a yankin, da kuma bitar lasisin da ke akwai. Za ta kuma yi adawa da kowane wurin da ke son ci gaba da buɗewa bayan "sa'o'in asali," wanda Majalisar Westminster ta saita don ƙarewa tsakanin 10:30 na dare zuwa tsakar dare, dangane da nau'in kasuwanci da ranar mako.
