Lawsuits against the Moroccan State have decreased in 2022, but remain high. This emerges from the assessment of the Ministry of Economy and Finance regarding the defense of the State and the prevention of administrative, civil, criminal and commercial disputes.
The data recorded in the report on human resources accompanying the 2023 Finance Bill indicate that Morocco has 565,429 civil servants this year.
The delegate minister to the head of government in charge of the Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform, Ghita Mezzour, did not wish to open an investigation into the scandal of ghost civil servants, estimated at more than 90,000 in the public administration and local authorities.
Members of ministerial cabinets in Morocco are tearing each other apart over prerogatives. The delay in the appointment of new secretaries general is at the origin of this conflict.
The Council of Government has adopted, on Thursday, a decree providing for an immediate increase in the Guaranteed Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMIG) and the Guaranteed Agricultural Minimum Wage (SMAG) in line with the negotiations held with the unions.
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) announces that it has scheduled several competitions for the month of September to recruit 6,000 agents of different ranks.
The government will meet on Thursday in a council during which seven draft decrees will be examined, including the one relating to the setting of the amount of the legal minimum wage in industry, commerce, the liberal professions and agriculture.
The Lawyers’ Club in Morocco is helping the Moroccan community living abroad by making telephone lines available to them, allowing them to benefit free of charge from legal guidance and advice.
Moroccan civil servants are now being asked to take care of their dress code in the workplace. Full suits with ties or traditional djellabas are thus recommended. A reminder has been issued in this regard by the government.
Abdelouafi Laftit, the Minister of the Interior, has decided to regulate the transfer of taxi licenses. New conditions have thus been defined.
The files of nine mayors on whom there are strong suspicions of embezzlement of public funds and breach of trust have been handed over to the justice system. Some risk, depending on the seriousness of the crimes they are accused of, a prison sentence.
A parliamentary group has questioned the government about the case of ghost civil servants in Rabat. Asmaa Rhlalou, the president of the municipality, recently said there are 2,400 of them.