Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

The drowning of more than 21 citizens as a result of floods caused by a few hours of heavy rain is a damning and painful testament to the extent of the neglect and structural marginalization that this ancient city has suffered for decades.

This statement expresses our outrage and deep discontent with the disastrous state of infrastructure in the city of Safi. Instead of investing in vital projects that guarantee the safety and dignity of the population, the state continues to direct public resources towards ostentatious investments with no social benefit, such as giant stadiums and the high-speed train, while neglecting basic services and handing over vital sectors to the private sector, thus opening the door wide to corruption and organized plunder.

The real tragedy is that these unproductive projects are fully financed through public debt that mortgages the country’s future and the fate of future generations, and reproduces dependency and colonialism with new tools, through global companies and banks, and with the direct blessing of the ruling classes, the heirs of colonialism, who in turn participate in these plundering operations.

The successive officials’ disregard for the residents’ repeated appeals regarding the deterioration of sewage networks and public facilities, and their policy of waiting until “houses collapse on the heads of their inhabitants” in preparation for displacing the original inhabitants, is not a coincidence or a technical failure, but rather a deliberate political choice that has led today to this humanitarian disaster.

The city of Safi, which is home to major and vital industries, such as the chemical complex for converting phosphate, the thermal power plant, and cement and gypsum factories, is paying a heavy price today for chronic neglect, despite the enormous wealth produced on their land from which they reap nothing but pollution and death.

We, at ATTAC Morocco, demand :

• The Opening of an immediate, serious and transparent investigation to disclose the reasons for this tragedy and holding all those responsible for negligence and corruption accountable, without any impunity.
• Breaking with the state’s condemned general orientation Which prioritizes large, non-essential projects at the expense of basic infrastructure, the safety of citizens, and their right to life.
• the necessity of engaging in the struggl.les Alongside theworkingclass, and all the oppressed men and women, in order to restore the city’s rights and wealth, and to impose public investments that serve the public interest Interest An amount paid in remuneration of an investment or received by a lender. Interest is calculated on the amount of the capital invested or borrowed, the duration of the operation and the rate that has been set. and ensure a safe and dignified environment for the residents of Safi.

While we renew our full solidarity with the families of the victims and with all the residents of Safi, we affirm that what happened was not fate or destiny, but a direct result of policies of marginalization and plunder, and that social justice and human dignity will not be achieved without accountability and collective resistance.

National Secretariat
Sunday, December 14, 2025