HIBAPRESS – Abdellatif Baraka
Citizen Jamila Al-Idrissi, residing in one of the villages of the Ouziwa region, belonging to the Oulouz district of Taroudant province, is living in a difficult social situation after being deprived of the benefit of drinking water since 2022, following the removal of her water meter as part of the management of a local association in charge of managing the water supply project.
According to the available data, the person in question has been suffering for more than four years from the interruption of this vital substance without justification, despite directing several complaints and appeals to the local authorities without leading to any practical solution that would restore her right to benefit from water. The same sources indicate that the complainant accuses the managers of the association in charge of managing the water project of continuing to deprive her of the service, which prompted her to demand that she be given justice and enabled to exercise her basic right to drinking water, and to open an administrative investigation into what she described as unjustified deprivation, with an explicit call for the intervention of the Governor of Taroudant province, "Mabrouk Tabit", in order to put an end to her suffering. In a related context, the chapters of the case continue before the judiciary, where three people are being prosecuted on the background of managing the association on charges of breach of trust and squandering of funds related to the project, based on a complaint submitted by a human rights entity. The judicial police have begun their investigations on the matter, listening to the concerned parties, who denied what was attributed to them, confirming that the project's revenues are spent on management and maintenance. However, the investigations, according to the file data, indicated the existence of imbalances and financial withdrawals described as unjustified, which ended with an initial conviction of the accused with custodial sentences and financial fines, with the rejection of civil claims. The convicted defendants have appealed the initial ruling, and the first sessions of their appellate trial are expected to begin in mid-June of this year. In light of this situation, Jamila Al-Idrissi renews her demand to be enabled to connect to drinking water, and to end her suffering, which has continued for years, pending the outcome of the ongoing judicial procedure.
