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30 Jul 2012
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Overflowing containers, foul odours, un-swept avenues... roughly represent the daily image to which the citizens of Rabat are entitled. The latter are increasingly concerned about the future of their city. Madani Abdelmouniim, Vice-President of the Rabat municipality, explains the reasons for this disorder and the actions taken by the municipality to save the situation. Interview.
LE MATIN: Rabat is the only city with a special status. Delegated management is managed by both the Council and the wilaya. What is your view on this situation? Madani Abdelmouniim:Indeed, Rabat is the only city with a special status. That said, the delegated waste management file is managed by two bodies, namely the City Council and the wilaya. This regulation does not exist in any other city in the Kingdom. In other regions, the municipality performs this mission alone. In Rabat, the wilaya has budgetary and financial powers. This status therefore gives the wilaya exclusively the power to impose penalties on delegated companies in the event of non-compliance with the specifications signed with the city council.The council is responsible, for its part, for establishing reports of infractions through its controllers (commissioned agents) and sending them to the wilaya. It must be stress…
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