Please see statement from the PNCR/APNU:
Today, 21st May, the second anniversary of the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory fire, we in the PNCR/APNU continue to remember with sadness this tragedy, which took twenty (20) precious young lives. Our thoughts, sentiments, and support continue to be extended to their families and communities.
Let us use the occasion to repeat our proposal, made on the first anniversary, to memorialize the event in a manner that will not cause it to slip out of the national memory and consciousness due to time. As such, we again recommend that, along with any physical memorial structure in Mahdia, May 21st must be annually designated and observed as MAHDIA CHILDREN FIRE VICTIMS’ DAY.
Such an annual observance not only allows the nation to collectively remember the tragedy and its twenty (20) victims, it would also provide the nation with the fitting opportunity to recommit to higher standards of public administration, moral duty, professional conduct, and governmental responsibility and accountability.
These twenty (20) young lives must not be lost in vain. To honor them truly and meaningfully, the country must be made a better, safer, and more caring place for children and all other vulnerable and dependent citizens. To continue as before or with mere cosmetic changes is to dishonor them.
Make May 21st an annual observance to honor them with dignity.
