The coordination of unions composed of the General Union of Workers of Morocco, the General Democratic Union of Labor in Morocco and the Moroccan Labor Union held a meeting with the Wali of the Marrakech-Safi region, Farid Chourak, to discuss of the prefectural decision to establish specific routes for taxis coming from outside the city. According to a union source, it was a question of them examining the relevance of the prefectural decision and the “suffering” it causes for taxi drivers, as well as explaining the reasons for its adoption reports There are many.
The Wali “understood” the question of the routes, and mentioned the “need to review them”, adds the same source, stressing that the services of the wilaya of the Marrakech-Safi region will however apply what is stipulated in the article 2 of the prefectural decision, which prohibits taxis with a departure point in other provinces and prefectures from transporting passengers within the urban perimeter.
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The prefectural decision aims to “organize” the circulation of taxis and determine their waiting areas. It requires taxi drivers coming from cities such as Casablanca, Fez, Agadir and Safi to park at the Bab Doukkala bus station, while those coming from the Tahnaout or Ourika road must stop at the Arsat station. El Maach. Likewise, it prohibits these taxis from transporting passengers within the urban perimeter of Marrakech.
Article 3 of the decision stipulates a series of strict sanctions against violators, including withdrawal of authorization, trust card, as well as impounding of the vehicle, while Article 4 specifies that the offender will assume all costs and consequences resulting from the impounding of the taxi by municipal services.
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This decision angered taxi drivers. In the eyes of a member of the general secretariat of the union of the Democratic Organization of Transport and Multimodal Logistics, the prefectural decision harms their interests and deprives them of their right to work freely. This decision prevents drivers from driving their customers to their final destinations, notably Marrakech-Menara airport, and forces them to drop off their passengers at Bab Doukkala, he explained, accusing certain unions, in particular the General Union workers of Morocco, to be at the origin of this decision with the aim of creating “war and unrest” within the sector.
