This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Abdel Latif Baraka
For more than two decades, the demand to create a new administrative division in the Taroudant region, in particular the creation of three prefectures, has become one of the fundamental demands raised by the activities of civil and political society in the region. These demands began in 2004 when a group of associations met in the town of Oulad Taima under the name “Union of Civic Associations” and presented a petition to create jobs in the town of Oulad Taima , which includes approximately 45 territorial groups. . Despite the years and repeated requests, the city has remained without response from the authorities concerned.
Over time, these demands have been renewed, in particular with the meetings which brought together on several occasions a certain number of parliamentarians and regional advisors with the Minister of the Interior. These demands were based on many objective factors that make the Taima boys, in terms of location, area and population density, eligible to become self-employed. But the situation remained the same, since the division of the Taroudant region has not changed despite the decisions to administratively divide a certain number of regions.
Earlier this year, this issue was raised again after civil activists from the Taliouine region, north of the town of Taroudant, submitted a request to create jobs in Taliouine. The importance of this request is that the Haut Souss region, which is included in the Taroudant region, is considered one of the largest regions in terms of area in the Kingdom of Morocco, as its area exceeds that of the State of Lebanon, and includes approximately 89 local authorities, making it the densest region geographically in the Souss-Massa region.
Claim of the “Souss Haute Forum”: a new province in Talouine
In this context, civil activities in the province of Taroudant have begun to take concrete measures to put pressure on the parties concerned, notably the “Souss Haut Forum”, which demands the creation of a new province in the center of Taliouine. The Forum has filed an official petition with the Royal Court, based on the signatures of more than 22,000 citizens from the region, highlighting the need to respond to this urgent request in line with the Kingdom’s strategic directions, which call for strengthening the option decentralization and local administration.
The same petition was also addressed to Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, in order to inform him of the extreme importance of this issue for the inhabitants of Souss Haute, who suffer from administrative marginalization due to the great distance between their regions and the center of Taroudant. region, which harms their interests and increases the difficulty of obtaining basic government services.
In this context, the demands were not limited to political parties alone, but also extended to civil authorities, which confirmed that the creation of a new region in Talouine is the ideal solution to a set of development problems. and administration from which the current region suffers. .
Challenges: immense territory and limited resources
One of the main areas of concern for civil society activists is the difficulty that the Taroudant region faces in managing its financial and administrative resources due to its vast area and the large number of territorial groups it has. understand. Although the region is one of the largest regions in the Kingdom, managing this large number of groups is considered a major challenge, especially given limited resources.
Many reports indicate that the Taroudant region cannot ensure balanced development between its regions due to the concentration of many of its services in the main towns such as Taroudant and Oulad Taima, causing villages and villages to suffer. remote areas lack basic government services. Instead of an equitable distribution of resources, the region continues to suffer from an imbalance in the distribution of these resources between the different territorial groups, which contributes to widening development disparities between regions.
Civil activists confirm that this situation has negative effects on the economic and social development of the region and greatly hinders the process of benefiting from the numerous development opportunities that could be realized if these regions enjoyed independent administrative status.
Civil society and elected officials share the same demand
One of the most important elements strengthening the demands for the creation of a new region in Haut Souss is the broad popular support these demands enjoy. The regulation, which collected the signatures of more than 22 thousand citizens, showed the great support for this demand, which reflects the concerted popular and civil efforts to achieve this goal. Not only from the local population, but also from the Moroccan community abroad, which expresses its broad support for this trend, given the great importance it reflects in facilitating access to administrative services and developing the region in general.
Civil authorities in the region have called for an urgent decision on this issue, noting that the continuation of the situation as it is will lead to an exacerbation of social and economic problems in the Taroudant region. If the new region is created, it will strengthen economic and social development and reduce the existing disparities between the different regions of the region.
The creation of a new administrative division in the Taroudant region, through the creation of new prefectures in areas such as Oulad Taima and Talouine, is considered a legitimate public demand. This is a request which reflects the desire of the region’s inhabitants to improve their living and administrative conditions, and which aims to promote local development and facilitate access to government services. This request is part of the general orientations of the Moroccan State, which call for the strengthening of decentralization, and reflects the growing awareness of the need to improve resource management and offer equitable development opportunities to all regions, which makes this issue a priority issue which must receive the attention of the competent authorities as quickly as possible.
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