Good luck to you… The Mayor of Tangier Caught Up in the SAC Scandal… A Shocking Ruling by the Investigating Judge!

The political and judicial scene in the city of Tangier witnessed an unprecedented and seismic development following the decision by the investigating judge of the Court of Appeals to remand the city’s mayor and regional leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, Mounir Limouri, into pretrial detention at the local prison in Tangier. This decisive decision came after the mayor was referred by the King’s Public Prosecutor following the expiration of his initial 72-hour detention period and its subsequent extension, during which the judicial police and the public prosecutor’s office presented him with compelling evidence and arguments, most notably the transcriptions of recordings and phone calls he made with the detained suspects the day before the election, which proved the existence of direct communication and coordination in the “Al-Quds School Papers Scandal” and reinforced suspicions of involvement in fraud. With this judicial decision, the total number of individuals arrested and under investigation in this case rises to seven, including the heads of two polling stations, their deputies, and those coordinating with them. This comes as the investigating judge begins the first sessions of detailed questioning and cross-examination, and in parallel with the in-depth administrative investigations being conducted by the Ministry of the Interior’s Central Inspection Committee to identify violations of the electoral process and to firmly and strictly determine all legal and regulatory responsibilities.