Taxi drivers' strike

If, in normal times, everyone complains about taxis and the dangers they pose, it remains the case that complaints and inconveniences become more numerous when they decide to go on strike.This is what the inhabitants of Laâyoune have learned to their cost since 19 December, the day the drivers of the city's 250 taxis declared a 3-day strike, which they threaten to end with a march to Rabat if the authorities do not take their grievances into account and enter into negotiations with them to find solutions to their problems.According to a statement of which Libé has a copy, the taxi drivers are asking the authorities to put an end to illegal transport, increase the number of authorisations granted to vehicles intended for taxi use, and regulate the relationship between the holders of urban transport authorisations (licences) and the renters of these authorisations.Regarding illegal transp…