HIBAPRESS – Tetouan
Lawyer and Secretary General of the Moroccan Free Party, Isaac Chariya, shook the political circles of Tetouan with strong statements, in which he directed direct accusations to the parliamentarian Moncef Al-Toub and a number of local elected officials, accusing them of being behind a "campaign of intimidation" targeting bloggers and activists in the city.
Chariya said, in a post on his official page, that "parliamentarians and elected officials in Tetouan launched a campaign of complaints to the Public Prosecution" in order to silence dissenting voices, who are talking about "corruption files and serious imbalances" witnessed by the city. He revealed data that he said related to suspicious deals that include technical inspection licenses for cars, files of informal construction, and the extraction of sand, in addition to the waste collection sector, accusing political parties of "economically and socially assassinating Tetouan". He also expressed his full solidarity with local bloggers and activists, stressing that "the next stage will be a stage of confrontation and accountability without fear or compromise." These statements come in a tense political context in the city, amid escalating mutual accusations between political and human rights activists about issues of corruption and gagging voices.
