Moroccan Abdelhak Sari, vice-president of the Montreal Public Security Commission, has been heavily criticized for visiting his mother in Morocco during the state of health emergency.
The Marie-Clarac District City Councilor had to take a plane to Morocco to assist his mother, a 79-year-old woman with loss of autonomy. “I had to leave [the country] for an important trip to Morocco, in order to go to my mother, aged 79, who is widowed and has not been independent for several months, to help her move. in a residence more suited to his needs, ”he explained.
To justify his move, the elected opposition member added that as the eldest son, he had to accompany his mother to the hospital and help her move to more secure and more suitable accommodation, especially that she suffers from diabetes and anemia.
“It was not a vacation, my wife and my son stayed in Montreal. I had no choice but to go and help her move, I was the person in my family best placed to take care of her and take charge of her move, ”Abdelhak Sari said from the residence. of his family in Rabat.
