There is none so deaf as he who will not hear. We had to talk about this Azrou car park, which has been pushed into… unemployment in our columns on 12 September, but nothing has happened since. It remains closed to the public for reasons that reason ignores.

In the meantime, penalty notices continue to fall on the heads of poor motorists, residents of the town or those passing through, given the blatant lack of parking spaces outside the 3 small and too cramped car parks, which are often abusively paid. A sad example: a baguette of bread at 1.20 DH can cost you the trifle of 301.20 DH if you are not careful. This is not a joke; it is verifiable.

We owe this, of course, to a municipal council that has bet on no-parking or paid parking (one still needs to know who benefits from it) with, however, strange exceptions that deserve an article of their own.

But why has this car park in front of the Azrou rock been closed for almost a year when it is ready?

Why is it not being made available to citizens while waiting for the fate that one would like to reserve for it?

It is true that it is not generosity that stifles the members of the Azrou municipal council. It is rather a blatant lack of tact and diplomacy towards all those who allowed them to be where they are.

It is true, after all, that we only have the elected officials we deserve!

The next elections are close. Citizens of Azrou, do not have a short memory!

That said, there is something more serious: this municipal council pushes motorists to break the rules of the Highway Code because in one of the rare places where free parking is authorised in front of Maroc Télécom towards the climb to Tarik high school, if you take this artery, you are forced to straddle the yellow line because you have no choice.

There are hundreds and hundreds of motorists who cross it cheerfully every day.

The ticketing agents who are cracking down on illegal parking would do better to focus on this corner; it is a real jackpot for collecting fines and a massacre for unfortunate motorists in terms of fines and driving licence points thanks to the complacency of our dear elected officials.

Should we hope that petitions and other articles will end up making those in authority see reason?

All the citizens of Azrou who can no longer stand this mismanagement have the distinct honour of waiting impatiently for a Royal visit which, we do not doubt, will be salvific on more than one level.