HIBAPRESS – A. Mahyawi
Debate is growing within the Fes-Meknes region regarding the management and distribution of territorial development projects, amid widespread questions about whether some prefectures and provinces of the region are treated with a "logic of marginalization" compared to others, in the absence of detailed official data reflecting the results of the achievement in each province separately.
Recently, local and media circles have discussed direct questions about the existence of clear disparities in the share of projects between the provinces that make up the region, especially with regard to infrastructure, investment, urban rehabilitation, and rural development programs. In this context, the talk emerged about the feeling of some provinces that they are not benefiting enough from budgets and programs, compared to other poles within the region.
Followers of regional affairs added that the council has not yet issued a comprehensive and transparent report that clarifies:
-The size of the projects completed in each province
-The budget of each program and its geographical distribution
-The percentage of progress in implementation according to the prefecture or province
-Criteria for selecting cities and benefited territorial areas
Observers believe that this absence in institutional communication feeds rumors and deepens the sense of spatial disparities, especially in provinces such as Taounate, Boulemane, Taza, El Hajeb, and Moulay Yacoub, whose local activities repeatedly demand their developmental fairness like the other major cities of the region.
In contrast, civil actors and elected officials emphasize that spatial equity is not a political choice but a constitutional commitment, considering that the regional public opinion has the right to see a precise and detailed outcome presented to the public and to each population according to its provinces.
In light of these increasing questions, the Council of the Fes-Meknes region is expected to issue an official statement or hold a press conference in which it presents its annual results, and reveals with clear numbers and criteria about:
-How budgets are distributed,
-The logic of choosing projects,
-The share of each province and the duration of implementation,
This in a step that would restore confidence and cut off the path for readings that speak of "marginalization" or "selectivity".
The demand for transparency and the fair distribution of development remains a voice rising within the region, awaiting the Fes-Meknes council to come out with an official clarification that ends the controversy and reassures the population that the region is moving with the logic of spatial equity and territorial integration, not with the logic of center and margin.
