“Courageous decision”, “wishful thinking”or “endangerment” ? The announcements made on December 30 and 31 by François Bayrou aimed at “prohibit and [à] prevent the reconstruction of slums » in Mayotte receive a mixed reception. And raise a lot of questions about their feasibility and their consequences: these sheet metal houses, called “bangas”, represented nearly 40% of the department's homes before being destroyed by Cyclone Chido on December 14. .
The main elected officials of the archipelago have long called for a ban on these neighborhoods: “illegal constructions”, “unworthy habitats”Who, “in addition to their glaring unsanitary conditions, they often constituted lawless areas serving as dens for delinquents and [aux] thugs »justifies in writing Ben Issa Ousseni, president (Les Républicains, LR) of the departmental council.
The elected official also explains his refusal of slums by the fact that their occupants “have already paid a heavy price” during the storm – the provisional report from the Ministry of the Interior only shows 39 deaths, 124 serious injuries and 4,232 minor injuries. “We no longer want slums, because we no longer want to have so many deaths on our conscience: I thank the Prime Minister for having had the courage to prohibit their reconstruction”insists Ambdilwahedou Soumaïla, mayor (LR) of Mamoudzou, the capital of the department.
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