The "ferrachas" impose their diktat

The city's streets have become mini-Souks. A picturesque mix of traders and sellers on the ground offering "the deal of the day" or a bric-a-brac of miscellaneous new or old objects, second-hand clothes, and various smuggled products, vegetables, and fish without any respect for sanitary standards. This informal activity, while it allows some people to earn a living, has the effect of affecting an economic life already paralysed in recent months by a constant decline in purchasing power. The main streets and arteries of the city are completely besieged by hundreds of "ferrachas", most of whom have come from Bni Mesquine, Laghnadra, Khouribga, Fkih Ben Salah, Beni Mellal, Ouled Said, Casablanca... Display on public spaceIn recent days and with the summer season, this phenomenon has grown to the point that all pedestrian or automobile traffic has become impossible. This type of informal…