HIBAPRESS – Fez Office
In a move described as "historic," the Court of Cassation in Morocco has settled the case that shook public opinion, known in the media as the "Fayeq file," after upholding the verdict issued against Rachid Fayeq, confirming beyond any doubt the charges of bribery and embezzlement of public funds.
This comes after the Criminal Appeals Chamber in the Financial Crimes Division of Fez increased the sentence against the former parliamentarian to 8 years in prison, which led him to appeal the verdict before the Court of Cassation rejected this appeal, upholding the verdict. With this decision, the highest judicial body has concluded a long and complex judicial path, which saw multiple rounds of litigation and investigations that revealed a network of financial and administrative corruption within the local management system. The Court of Cassation's decision confirmed that the charges against Fayeq are legally established, making the judgments issued against him final and enforceable, thus closing one page of the most sensational files in the history of corruption cases in Morocco. Observers believe that this ruling is a strong message from the Moroccan judiciary, meaning that no one is above the law and that the era of impunity is over, in a practical embodiment of the principle of linking responsibility to accountability and consolidating confidence in the independence of the judicial institution. The "Fayeq" case was not just a judicial file, but rather turned into a real test of the severity of Moroccan justice in the face of corruption, with the final word coming from the Court of Cassation, confirming that justice has spoken its final word.
