It will now be possible to lift the banking ban, thanks to the new bill proposed by the [General Treasury of the Kingdom]. Regardless of the number of bounced checks issued, the tax penalty has been reduced to a flat rate of 1.5%.
State property can no longer be seized, even if the decision comes from the judiciary. This is what the deputies decided after lengthy discussions. Article 9 of the 2020 Finance Bill has therefore been approved and endorsed by the parliamentarians.
The "dubious" and lucrative contracts of the former Minister of Youth and Sports, Moncef Belkhayat , could be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry initiated by a socialist deputy.
Deputy Chakran Imam advocated for the opening of the doors of Moroccan mosques to non-Muslims who wish to visit them. This practice, defended by the parliamentarian during the debates around the sectoral budget of the Department of Islamic Affairs, is already applied in some tourist areas of the Kingdom.
The Head of Government, Saâd Eddine El Othmani , was keen to reassure Moroccans about the price of gas cylinders as well as certain basic food products.
During an oral question session in the Moroccan Parliament, the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, announced that the new electronic National Identity Card (CNIE), scheduled for 2020, will exempt Moroccan citizens from the obligation to produce certain administrative certificates.
Reactions continue after the desecration of the Moroccan flag this weekend in Paris during a demonstration. On Monday, October 28, the Moroccan Parliament responded to this act described as "cowardly and childish".
The Moroccan government plans to launch a new wave of privatizations as early as 2020. This is at least what the Finance Bill, tabled before the parliamentarians, provides for.
The behavior of a deputy at the headquarters of the Moroccan Parliament was not to the liking of King Mohammed VI, who expressed his displeasure to him directly.
In his traditional speech before the members of the two Houses of Parliament, King Mohammed VI on Friday recommended that banks simplify and facilitate credit access procedures, open up more to self-entrepreneurs and finance Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
A young man rushed the royal procession on Friday, October 11, as it left the Parliament building, where King Mohammed VI had presided over the opening of the new parliamentary session.
The deputy of the Democratic Left Federation, Omar Balafrej, called for the decriminalization of extramarital relations and homosexuality, by removing Articles 489, 490 and 491 of the Penal Code that go against individual freedoms.