Chile: Residents of Toma 17 de Mayo boycott an electoral event of a mayor

Residents of Toma 17 de Mayo have done a boycott protest during the re-election act of Mauro Tamayo, mayor of Cerro Navia and one of the responsible of the eviction of the Toma 17 de Mayo, on what we have already reported.

They denounce his participation when executing the eviction, which was done really violently with the participation of armed police and the burning of the houses to evict the struggling residents. They also denounce that Toma 17 de Mayo was never supported, even the bare minimum, by the town hall, even thought it gave home solution to 200 families, in addition to theater, school, playground…. Only by the effort of their own collective work.

“We repudiate the fraud, the false smile, the false concern for the poorest… we stand with our organization, which with one thousand problems of all kind that we have, always struggles to achieve the collective goal: achieve from the negotiations the right to have a worthy house and neighborhood!

Long live Toma 17 de Mayo! Long live the just struggle of the residents!”