Contrary to its usual practice, the urban commune council of Tangier held its ordinary session for the month of February on Thursday, 28 February, almost calmly. The interventions and criticisms of some elected members, particularly those from the PJD, which marked the examination of the administrative account, did not prevent the approval by a majority of votes of this first item on the agenda.

Communal councillor and PJD deputy Souad Boulaïch insisted on intervening during the discussions of this first point to fervently denounce the favouritism observed, according to her, during the last recruitment competition launched a short time ago by the urban commune of Tangier. Other councillors took turns to draw attention to the problems the city suffers from, such as the lack of security and public lighting in several districts. Some of them deplored the lamentable state of some public establishments, including the municipal slaughterhouses, the pound, and the bus station. They proposed changing the location of these three buildings, which are situated in the city centre and thus harm the image of Tangier. And like previous sessions, the discussions also focused on the issue of illegal construction. The councillors agreed to strengthen the fight against this scourge to be able to thwart the proliferation of non-regulated housing.

Furthermore, the budget document states that management revenues for the 2012 financial year are in the order of more than 526 million DH, against expenses which reached more than 474 million DH. This same document highlights a real surplus of 33.3 million DH. This is intended, among other things, for financing the development of green spaces (6 million DH), the construction and upgrading of roads, public lighting and signage (more than 8 million DH), the creation and development of a livestock market (6 million DH), and the launch of a project to install new public toilets and renovate existing ones (1.2 million DH).

Let us underline that with an 80% share of the total budget, operating expenses continue to absorb communal resources, thereby preventing the commune from launching or continuing new development projects.