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Moroccans protest price hikes, repression

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Published: 11:34, 5 December 2022  
Moroccans protest price hikes, repression

Protesters marched in Morocco's capital Rabat Sunday to denounce the high cost of living and repression.

“People want lower prices... People want to eliminate despotism and corruption,” chanted the crowd, estimated by journalists to be around 3,000 people, the largest such rally in recent months.

“We came to protest against a government that embodies the marriage of money and power,” said Younes Ferachine, a coordinator from the Moroccan Social Front (FSM) group of political parties and left-wing trade unions that organized the rally.

Police put the turnout at between 1,200 and 1,500 people.

People converged from across Morocco for the protest, which was also called to highlight the cases of several jailed bloggers and journalists.
Consumer price inflation was 7.1 percent year-on-year in October, due in large part to surging food prices triggered partly by an intense drought that has hit farmers.

Faced with the recent protests, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has lately promoted expanding medical coverage, with more than 10 million low-income Moroccans enrolling in recent weeks.
 

Dhaka/Mukul