Moroccans Outraged by Illegal Parking Attendants and Soaring Parking Fees

In a statement to Hespress, Bouazza Kherrati, president of the Moroccan Federation of Consumer Rights, criticizes the parking attendants for raising the rates, wondering which department is in charge of this sector. "Is it the Ministry of the Interior, Transport, Tourism or NARSA?", he wonders, deploring "the lack of a legal framework" to regulate the sector.

To put an end to this anarchy, Kherrati calls on the Ministry of the Interior to prohibit "the exploitation or rental of public space; consequently, any illegal and unauthorized parking must be prohibited." The president of the Moroccan Union of Consumer Rights also called for "the creation of companies to collect taxes and contribute to job creation."

Jawad El Assri, professor of public finance at the University of Hassan II in Casablanca, insisted on the need to organize the sector through the establishment of a legal framework, referring to a decision by the administrative court of Rabat prohibiting the use of boots. The court "granted the municipality the right to operate the rental, but prohibited blocking cars (putting on a boot)."

The professor explained that there is "a legislative void, because the legislator grants the commune president the right to apply the rate in certain cases, while other legislative texts insist on choosing the appropriate price between a minimum and a maximum", estimating that with regard to parking, "these legislative texts are non-existent".