Dangerous… The prefecture of Tetouan refuses a quarry exploitation permit and authorizes another one nearby

Heba Press

Strange paradoxes that the investment sector of the prefecture of Tetouan is experiencing after rejecting last year a complete file for the implementation of a project in the community of “Zeinat”, more precisely in the valley of “Qariqra”, under the pretext of attacking the natural space and the resulting harm to the population, knowing that we settled there and that it became clear to us that the project area is not populated and that there is no productive agricultural land nearby.

After the decision of global rejection, this project was definitively closed. For other considerations, we will publish it in a video at the bottom of the article so that the dear reader and viewer can see the accuracy of the data we obtained from the residents of the area, who expressed their joy and optimism about the project, which would have created more than 20 jobs for residents.

The strange thing is that the same worker and the same department head, a few months later, authorized a quarry adjacent to the same rejected quarry with the blessing of the same head of rural affairs who was a stumbling block before the first application. Who is this rejected investor and who is the other one who authorized the quarry in a short time and without any objection to be raised?

The data in our possession are narrated personally by the investor, with great concern, hoping that the real reasons for the rejection of his project and the authorization of the other adjacent to the land borders that he leased to the aquarium “Locos” will be reconsidered. in accordance with the laws and procedures in force in this matter, he also calls for the opening of a serious and transparent investigation by the Ministry of the Interior and to determine the sanctions and responsibilities against those involved in this dangerous manipulation whose project was carried out. in the long term and was authorized to another person a few months later.

This investor coming to Tetouan – according to his statements – confirmed that there is no room for people coming from other cities to invest and that the issue is limited to only “locals”, noting that the Moroccan Constitution places citizens at a single degree of equality and literally states that “every Moroccan citizen has the right to move and settle in all regions of the world without restrictions or conditions”, and since the constitution implicitly emphasizes this equality, the investment also falls into the category of equality, far from assets and belonging.

In this case, scandals and facts are revealed, documented in the video published below, about the role of the men of the local authority of the “Al-Zeinat” area, who attacked the investor and contributed to sowing confusion among the workers in the area. at the time with reprehensible regulations for residents. It was later revealed that the names contained therein were not related to the resident in question and that the names were the same. They all warn of areas and districts located tens of kilometers away. project, and the Central Investigation Commission can verify the case itself according to the powers it has to deal with such files.

The situation is very dangerous, especially when the authorities who are supposed to be on an equal footing with all put themselves in such a situation without worrying about the consequences and against the constitution of the Kingdom. The file is clear and the hidden hands are beginning to do so. be revealed one by one, and they must be held accountable urgently because of the seriousness of the matter and the blow to the credibility of the mother of the ministries cut off from… The past since Mr. Abdel-Wafi Laftit took over as Minister.

In order for these manipulators to know the investment files and the preference of one investor over another, it was necessary to enter the backstage of the Regional Investment Center of Tangier, to which these files are referred, in the presence of a regional committee. composed of representatives of the aquarium, the Directorate of Equipment, Water and Forest Management, and representatives of the environment, in addition to the labor representative, and in this case the head of rural affairs in Tetouan attended the meeting held at the Regional Investment Center. to defend the second project, and it was she who rejected the first project for reasons that only she knows, which caused ridicule in the meeting and created a kind of confusion among the members of the committee, as one of them said out loud: “How can we get a license for this one?” Blessed. Are we facing an exceptional situation or are there other behind-the-scenes affairs linked to the Tetouan prefecture and the head of rural affairs who seems to have led this department for years longer than the life of the new labor management?

The fact remains that we gave him water last year in response to the desire of a section of the youth in the area who protested against the rejection of the project and pointed out the lack of job opportunities, wondering at the same time why Ahmed was preferred to Ahmed. Mohammed, as Mohammed is the one who comes from another city to invest and Ahmed is the famous and well-known person in this field. The entire city is currently racing against time to obtain a license for another quarry not far from Al-Zeinat, more precisely. ” Bani Yader.