The Moroccan government has adopted new decrees to reform the financing of election campaigns . The executive branch is increasing the lump-sum aid and introducing financial bonuses to promote the election of deputies from the diaspora (MRE), young people and people with disabilities.
Exemplarity takes a hit. Five Moroccan parliamentarians have had their monthly allowances seized by the courts. The reason? They refused to pay child support to their ex-wives and children , even though they sit to vote on laws.
Fatim-Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy, spoke about the integration of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) in the official tourism statistics during the presentation of the sectoral budget of her department before the Commission of Productive Sectors at the House of Representatives.
The question of whether or not to include Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) in the total number of tourists visiting Morocco sparked a lively debate on Tuesday during the meeting of the Productive Sectors Commission in the House of Representatives, which was devoted to discussing the draft budget of the Ministries of Tourism and Crafts.
Explosive statements by Ahmed Touizi, president of the parliamentary group of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), on the flour subsidized by the state and used in certain mills have prompted the public prosecutor’s office near the Court of Appeal of Rabat to order the opening of an investigation. For its part, the National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) confirms the existence of irregularities in certain mills.
At the Moroccan Parliament, the Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaa, responded to the criticism, particularly from the opposition, on the budget allocated to the construction of stadiums, notably on the issue of health and hospitals. He also points the finger at Algeria.
The investigating judges of the three financial crimes courts in the regions of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Fès-Meknès and Marrakech-Safi have closed the borders to many elected officials, including parliamentarians from both chambers, many "senior officials", as well as civil servants, technicians and entrepreneurs.
The day after King Mohammed VI’s speech before Parliament, in which he called for accelerating social reforms, the GenZ 212 collective announced this Saturday, October 11, the suspension of its weekend gatherings. A strategic pause before new mobilizations.
King Mohammed VI is expected to deliver a speech this Friday, October 10th in Rabat, on the occasion of the opening of the parliamentary session. This speech is highly anticipated by the GenZ 212 collective, which is behind the protests organized in several Moroccan cities since September 27th, demanding reforms in the health and education sectors.
The GenZ 212 collective, with more than 180,000 members on Discord, eagerly awaits the speech that King Mohammed VI is expected to deliver at the opening of the Moroccan Parliament this Friday.
Morocco is implementing a new plan for the development of urban public transport that will cover the period 2025-2029. The Parliament was presented with this plan by the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit.
Rachid Hamouni, the president of the Progress and Socialism Party (PPS, opposition) group in the House of Representatives, painted a rather unflattering picture of the health sector in Morocco, noting a proliferation of private clinics to the detriment of public hospitals that are dying.