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Munich
protests operation Murambatsvina
Hep
Monatzeder, Mayor of the City of Munich
June 03, 2005
This letter
was addressed to to Cde David Karimanzira, the provincial Governor
Harare Metropolitan Province from Hep Monatzeder, Mayor of the City
of Munich.
Dear Sir,
on behalf of
the citizens of Munich, twin city of Harare, I wish to express our
deep concern for the people of Harare at this moment.
I have heard
that police and army units have been engaged in demolishing not
only the stalls of street traders, licensed as well as unlicensed,
but also legally as well as illegally built homes in several districts
of Harare. According to my information, thousands of people have
been made homeless and many more have lost their means of supporting
themselves and their families. I wish to protest most strongly against
these measures in the interest of the citizens of our twin city,
who had already enough to put up with because of the economic situation.
As a long-serving
Mayor of a state capital with a population of over a million I am
fully aware that the maintenance of security and order as well as
the compliance with legal regulations are of importance to the administration
of a big city.
However, my
experience has also shown me that a municipality can only be successful
in the long run if the measures taken by the administration are
always preceded by a careful weighing up of the interests and well
being of all citizens.
I am sure that
you take the responsibility assigned to you on behalf of the citizens
of Harare just as seriously as I do. I would therefore ask you in
the interest of Munich's twin city to do your utmost to prevent
further demolition measures as long as the people concerned are
not offered alternative accommodation, to provide food and shelter
for those who have already been made homeless and as soon as possible,
to designate places where traders can pursue their efforts to provide
for themselves and their families.
Yours sincerely,
Hep Monatzeder
Mayor of the City of Munich
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