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Mozambique: Quelimane mayor handed four-month prison sentence for disobedience, commuted to a fine – DW report | Watch
1:29 CAT | 11 Aug 2025
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The Quelimane City Court this Friday (08-08) sentenced Mayor Manuel de Araújo to four months in prison for disobedience, a sentence converted to a daily fine of 100 meticais over that period.
The case involved failure to comply with an order issued by the Zambézia Provincial Prosecutor’s Office, which ordered the removal of mobile stalls set up on Avenida Marginal.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the structures, set up near the Cuacua riverbank, violated municipal regulations on the use of public space and posed safety risks.
Araújo confirmed the conviction, but described the case as “politicized” and noted that there was “no connection between the court’s arguments and reality”.
“Yesterday we were in the Quelimane district court, and the municipality was convicted because we left our mothers for a few days on Avenida Bonifácio Gruveta, Avenida Marginal. They are unemployed and widowed mothers who had nothing to feed their children, and the court said no, those mothers had no right to feed their children, and that they should be removed from there,” he commented.
These stalls, where traditional dishes were prepared, were run by women, many of them financially disadvantaged, representing an essential source of income for dozens of families.
The mayor added that the period in which the order was issued coincided with a climate of social tension, marked by post-election protests earlier this year.
The fine will be paid by Quelimane municipality.
Source: Deutsche Welle
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