Heba Press / A. Ayyash
A wave of anger has emerged on social media following the scandalously high prices of sardines and chicken products, with their prices in most markets reaching between “25 and 30 dirhams.”
Poor Moroccans who were content to travel around the country when the price was 13 dirhams are recording attacks on their purchasing power on their blogs.
Especially in light of the wave of high prices affecting a number of other consumer goods,
Some activists wonder about the reasons for this high price, “while the country is rich in fish and has two sea fronts. While others consider that the price of a kilo of “live chicken” reaching 25 dirhams is something difficult to understand. and not even possible to examine.
The debate over this high price has reached the point of pointing the finger at traders, as activists believe that “it is the traders in Morocco who control the prices of the different consumer sectors.”
And each time, popular discontent is determined by the dizzying rise in prices, including of basic materials, considered the destination of the Moroccan “dervishes”.
Moroccans stated in various comments that “citizens, men and women, are no longer able to bear the new blow to their purchasing power and the destruction of their daily livelihoods,” while some said: “Moroccans have lost patience.”
While prices are expected to return to their original place, the most important question remains in this regard, which is widely discussed… What are the reasons for this high price and who determines its moment and timing?
