This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The city of Tetouan enters a new phase of tension due to the strike of urban transport bus drivers of the municipal delivery company in protest against the reduction of employees’ salaries and arbitrary dismissal of workers without any justification , which caused the company’s workers to leave. launched a warning strike last Thursday and threaten to engage in all forms of protest in the coming weeks that could lead to… A complete stop of urban transport buses in Tetouan and its surroundings.
Despite the dialogue between the workers’ representatives and the company management, their demands have not been met and the same situation persists, with the absence of calculation of overtime, the re-establishment of the eliminated transport lines and the improvement of the mechanical condition of buses which usually cause traffic accidents or fires, thus endangering the lives of citizens.
Residents of the city of Tetouan criticize the situation in which urban transport finds itself in the city and its surroundings, despite repeated promises from the head of the urban community and the supervisory authority responsible for managing urban transport. In addition, the new buses have not been implemented. has not yet been put in place, despite the granting of generous financial aid to the city’s delivery company, which obtained the exclusive contract to manage the urban transport sector without any call for tenders during one year, without any discussion of an extension or announcement of a request for an offer. proposals, which contradicts competition law.
The company “Isal Al-Medina”, which brings together the alliance of the Moroccan transport company “Satyam” and the company “Transdev Maroc”, has managed the urban transport sector in the provinces of Tetouan and M’diq since November 2023. -Fnideq. as part of a transition phase after the expiration of the contract with the former Vithalis company, which the company’s owners are trying to hold on to, even though the city’s delivery service takes full responsibility for the reduction in the number of works, the removal of certain transport lines and deterioration. services and bringing in worn, old and worn out buses that threaten the lives of commuters.
Medina Delivery Company workers continue to threaten escalation until the administration responds to their demands, including drivers, technicians and supervisors from the Northwest Communities Cooperation Foundation , led by the head of the community of Tetouan. , is required to clarify its position regarding the state of chaos in the urban transport sector and the need to announce a new tender in accordance with the Competition Law and to end the state monopoly in the sector, despite previous criticism leveled at the allied company in charge of the city’s urban transport sector, which had previously failed to manage the sector in the cities of Rabat and Dar
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