Osama Barik drops a bombshell in Parliament... "Let's root out corruption and expose the truth!"

Rep. Osama Barik Drops a Bombshell in Parliament: “Zero Sports Fields, Zero Railways, and We’re Still Paying the Same Taxes”

MP Abdulaziz Barik ("Osama Barik") leveled sharp accusations and criticism against the government during the debate on the 2027 Finance Bill in the House of Representatives’ Finance Committee, asserting that rampant corruption “has taken root at the highest levels” and has become the primary obstacle to the development of the Midelt region. Barik revealed a scandal involving an 8-kilometer road project allocated a massive budget of 3.5 billion centimes, yet work worth only 10 million centimes was actually completed, and the project has turned into a flood barrier causing significant hardship for residents. At the same time, he stressed the need to regularize the status of “self-employed” youth and to exempt them from the debts they have accumulated as a result of unsuccessful government programs.

In a related context, the MP criticized the lack of attention to climate and social issues in mountainous regions, warning of rising heating costs as a quintal of firewood reaches 200 dirhams and apple prices in production areas have skyrocketed to several times their value due to speculation and a lack of regulatory oversight, He also criticized the lack of tax and regional equity, sharply questioning why residents of marginalized areas are burdened with the same taxes despite the absence of basic facilities and infrastructure such as roads, sports facilities, and playgrounds.