The Moroccan Liberal Party (PML) has called on King Mohammed VI to urgently intervene to protect the inhabitants of Rabat, particularly in the historic streets, against the offensive of "influential people" and "real estate mafia".
In the Moroccan Parliament, deputies from the majority (National Rally of Independents, Authenticity and Modernity Party, and Istiqlal) and the opposition (Justice and Development Party) are struggling to agree on a proposed law excluding dual nationals from ministerial positions.
Presented by the Socialist-Ittihadie Opposition Group, Bill No. 5.171.22 amending Article 19 of Law No. 15.01 relating to the kafala (adoption) of abandoned children was unanimously adopted on Monday by the House of Representatives.
Announced in November 2024 by King Mohammed VI during the commemoration of the 49th Green March, the creation of the Mohammedia Foundation for Moroccans Residing Abroad is struggling to become a reality while the administrative problems faced by Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) remain. They call for a surge from the Moroccan Parliament.
The use for illegal purposes of fingerprints and DNA samples of Moroccans, taken as part of criminal investigations, is a concern for parliamentarians who have questioned the government on this issue.
Faced with the persistence of difficulties for Moroccans wishing to obtain "Schengen" visas, parliamentary advisors Khaled Setti and Loubna Alaoui of the National Union of Labor within the House of Advisors, have called on Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, to impose a visa on European nationals as part of a "reciprocity" policy.
The Haraki group in the House of Representatives has questioned the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, on the organization of parking lots in large and medium-sized cities like Marrakech, where parking has become complicated.
In anticipation of the 2030 World Cup, Moroccan MPs have drawn the government’s attention to the lack of flights affecting certain tourist hubs in the kingdom, as well as the rise in airfares, denounced by Moroccans in the diaspora last summer.
Opposition MPs attacked the government on Monday in parliament, accusing it in particular of having taken into account 50% of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) in the 17.4 million tourists who arrived in the kingdom in 2024.
Morocco has big ambitions for the rail sector. During the presentation of a strategic plan worth a total of 400 billion dirhams to Parliament, Abdessamad Kayouh, Minister of Transport and Logistics, mentioned the possibility of exporting wagons to European and African markets by 2040.
The weakness of the Internet network and bandwidth in rural and mountainous areas, and in the province of Khénifra in particular, are a concern for MP Saadia Amahzoune of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) group in the House of Representatives, who has addressed a written question to the government on this subject.
Morocco’s motorway network is poorly maintained and does not provide road users with safety guarantees. This is revealed, among other things, in a recent report on the management of the Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM).