Abusive parking bans in Essaouira

It is total anarchy on Al Massira Boulevard in Essaouira. For several years, most shopkeepers have arrogated to themselves the right to forbid citizens from parking their cars in front of their shops. There are those who put out chairs, scaffolding, boxes, and even tables to present motorists with a fait accompli without having the slightest right to do so. Scenes of clashes are multiplying without local authorities or elected officials taking the necessary measures to defuse tensions and thus enforce the law on shopkeepers who appropriate roads and pavements with complete impunity. "As you can see, this shopkeeper arrogates to himself the right to forbid parking to citizens by placing chairs over several metres. Worse still, he reacts aggressively to the complaints of motorists as if it were his private property!", a citizen indignantly says. They all pass by there: executives and agen…