Casablanca real estate scandal: elected officials face dismissal and prosecution

According to information reported by al3omk, investigators directly point to the responsibility of certain municipal presidents. These elected officials issue occupancy permits and certificates of compliance for buildings that absolutely do not comply with approved plans. The investigations demonstrate that flagrant violations of the urban planning code are deliberately concealed for electoral calculations, local pressures, or private interests. Often, the final inspection stages of work and the mandatory opinion of technical commissions are simply ignored.

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The level of violations reaches a new threshold with the use of misleading data inserted into administrative files. Signatures are affixed without any legal authority, allowing authorizations to be granted on parcels in irregular situations or subject to disputes. More seriously, inspectors find that certificates are validated on projects already subject to violation reports, demolition orders, or deliberately unexecuted work stoppages.

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Some municipal departments even unjustifiably refuse to apply recommendations from provincial authorities. This opaque management promises to cause a violent upheaval within the local entities concerned. The ministry firmly applies the principle of accountability on these sensitive matters. The officials identified face extremely severe disciplinary sanctions, including definitive revocation of their mandates and direct prosecution before the administrative courts.