An association ordered to vacate premises it occupies in a cultural centre

The court of first instance of Kénitra ruled, on Tuesday, in favour of the city's municipal council, which had filed an urgent appeal asking the Kénitra Festival Association to vacate premises it was using as an office in a cultural centre in the city.The president of the council, Aziz Rebbah, asked the association, which organizes the "Thamusida" music festival, to vacate the office it occupies at the Dar Belarbi House of Culture, with a view to transferring one of the municipal services there. In a letter addressed to the association, Mr. Rebbah justified this decision by the restructuring of the municipal administration and the creation of new services, the renovation work that the headquarters of the commune will undergo, and the weight of the rent of administrative annexes in the commune's budget. In reaction to this decision, the president of the Kénitra Festival Association, Touf…