Young men rushing to work with Awlad Al-Nama

In tight chains with iron locks, and plastic bottles with the words “deadly poison” written on them, a group of unemployed people entered, on Wednesday, a sit-in in front of the Sabt Awlad al-Nama municipality palace of the Faqih bin Saleh region, for the sake of work and dignity.

The protesters, who raised the slogan “Work is a right, not a privilege.. and enough corruption,” insisted that they carry out their form of protest in a march towards the Bashawiya of Souk al-Sabt, before stationing on Mohammed VI Street near the municipality palace of Sabt Awlad al-Nama.

The demonstrators demanded, through a speech delivered to them, both the local authorities and the collective council to assume their responsibility for what their situation will lead to, stressing that death has become easier than living oppression, injustice and monopoly in a time of absurdity and arbitrary decisions.

The unemployed, affiliated with the Al-Sumoud Association, continue their form of protest in light of what they described as “false promises”, which are unfolding day after day. All indications indicate that there is no hope on the horizon, at least for the time being, as the series of exclusion, marginalization, and irresponsible handling of the file of the unemployed in general continues.

Marwan Samoudi, a disabled metaphor, affirmed that “the form of protest is peaceful, and blatantly expresses the absolute rejection of the policy of procrastination and patchwork solutions offered by the collective council.”

The same spokesman indicated, in a statement to the electronic newspaper Hespress, that the reality of the situation of these unemployed demonstrators can no longer bear more patience and procrastination.

Samoudi added that the members of the Al-Sumoud group decided to resort to the option of "drinking poison in protest of the lack of interest of the concerned authorities and the failure to respond to their legitimate demands for employment."

The protesters expressed their willingness to continue their escalating protest program, given that the right to work is guaranteed by the highest law in the Kingdom, which is the constitution, as well as the rest of the international covenants, explaining that they are unable to bear the failure of the councils' policies, especially in the employment sector.

The Al-Sumoud Group for the Unemployed announced, in a second communiqué published on social media, that it had decided, unanimously, to start taking poison, holding the concerned authorities locally, regionally, regionally and nationally responsible for the safety of the group's members.

In his comment, Boubaker Ouchen, head of the Sabt Awlad al-Nimmah group, affirmed that he understands the situation of the unemployed, especially some humanitarian cases whose standard of living he says he is aware of, asking for more time to manage this file, which he considers to be the prerogative of the state and not just the collective councils. .