The Fez Court of Appeal sentenced socialist parliamentarian Abdelkader Boussairi to five years in prison and a fine of 100,000 dirhams this Wednesday after finding him guilty of embezzlement, squandering of public funds, corruption, abuse of influence, forgery, and use of forged documents. Mayor of Fez, Abdessalam Bakkali, was acquitted, while an entrepreneur received a sentence of 3 years in prison and a fine of 30,000 DH. Additionally, the former regional coordinator of the Constitutional Union party in Fez was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 10,000 dirhams. The court also sentenced the head of the transactions department of the municipality of Fez to eight months in prison and a fine of 2,000 dirhams, along with three staff members who received four months imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 dirhams each. A business owner was sentenced to four months and a fine of 5,000 dirhams, and an employee of the municipality of Fez received a three-month prison sentence and a fine of 1,000 dirhams. The defendants were accused due to administrative and financial mismanagement observed in the municipality of Fez, following revelations about the resale of cars seized by the municipality with false documents. Last October, the administrative court of Fez rendered a decision to dismiss federal parliamentarian Abdelkader Boussairi from the post of third deputy mayor of the city of Fez, with immediate effect.
