Moroccan Taxi Drivers Plan Protests Over Permit Fee Hikes

14 January 2024 – bySylvanus@Bladi · 1 min read

In Morocco, professionals in the taxi sector say they are victims of blackmail from the holders of the permits under the contract that binds them and plan to organize protest demonstrations.

A demand that grates the teeth. The permit holders are demanding an increase in the "premium" in exchange for the authorization to operate the taxis, reports Aljarida24. This is enough to provoke the anger of the taxi operators. They intend to organize protest demonstrations in the coming days in front of the prefectures and regions to denounce this new demand which undermines their only means of subsistence, on the one hand, and to demand a stay of execution of circular no. 750 of the Ministry of the Interior, on the other.

This circular, according to them, favors the permit holders to the detriment of the professionals. The department of Abdelouafi Laftit authorizes

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Abdelouafi Laftit Public transport Ministry of the Interior Morocco Morocco Taxis