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The following is a list of the most prominent national newspaper headlines issued today, Monday, November 4, 2024:
Signs of a solution to the crisis.. Medical students suspend their protest steps (Moroccan Sahara)
The medical students announced the suspension of their protest steps that had been programmed in advance, in interaction with the meeting of student representatives with the Kingdom’s mediator, where the progress of their demand file was discussed, in the wake of the positive developments that marked the handling of their demands after the two guardian ministries reopened the door to direct dialogue to discuss ways to end the ongoing crisis. About a year ago. A source from the National Committee for Medical and Pharmacy Students considered that the Kingdom’s mediator’s initiative is “positive” and “comes after the reopening of direct dialogue with the two guardian ministries last week,” and “enhances the chances of finding a radical and reasonable solution to the problems raised by medical students.”
Abdel Wafi Laftit: The Ministry of the Interior did not stop the social dialogue with the union centers of the territorial groups (Moroccan Sahara)
The Minister of the Interior, Abdel Wafi Laftit, said, “The Ministry of the Interior did not stop the social dialogue with the union centers representing the territorial groups sector.” In response to a written question from the Moroccan National Labor Union team in the House of Councilors, Laftit affirmed that “in order to advance the legal framework for human resources and value the territorial public function to enable the territorial communities to attract the necessary competencies to carry out their tasks in the required manner, a law was prepared that serves as the basic system for territorial municipal employees.” As well as the final version of the draft regulatory texts related to it, regarding which a series of meetings were held with representatives of the relevant unions in order to agree on it before submitting it to the legislative ruler.
Omar Hilal: The Algerian proposal to divide the Moroccan Sahara is a usual escape from its diplomatic setbacks (Moroccan Sahara)
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilal, in New York, highlighted that the Algerian proposal to divide the Moroccan Sahara constitutes a usual pretext to escape its diplomatic setbacks. During a press interview following the Security Council’s adoption of the resolution relating to the Moroccan Sahara, Hilal commented on the discussion raised by Algeria’s proposal regarding partition, which was presented by the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, to the members of the Council during a closed consultation session on October 16, 2024. Ambassador Hilal reviewed three axes in order to better understand Morocco’s position, with the aim of finally turning the page of discussion on the failed Algerian proposal.
A “secret customer” terrifies hotel owners (Moroccan events)
The owners of hotels and tourist accommodation centers in Morocco are putting their hands on their hearts in preparation for receiving a “secret customer.” In the coming period, he is expected to carry out monitoring and evaluation operations regarding their arrangement and classification, in preparation for the preparations that the Kingdom is making on the horizon of organizing the African and World Cups. The mission of the “secret customer” will be to prepare reports on these hotels, accompanied by a specialized regional committee, with the aim of adopting a new classification for these hotels and accommodation centres, according to what was revealed by the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy, Fatima Zahraa Ammor, in answer to a question from the team. Moroccan Labor Union in the Council of Advisors.
Agency to collect seized money and property (news)
The Minister of Justice, Abdel Latif Wehbe, revealed before the Justice and Legislation Committee of the House of Representatives that the Ministry of Justice is in the process of issuing a draft law related to the creation of the National Agency for the management and collection of seized funds and properties, confiscations and fines. This decision comes in light of the increase in rulings on the confiscation and seizure of property and funds pursued in corruption files by the departments specialized in money laundering crimes established in the courts of first instance in Rabat, Fez, Casablanca, and Marrakesh. The Minister stated that a new formula for the project had been prepared that included a set of amendments, including adding new competencies to the agency, such as collecting fines.
Towards improving the working conditions of prison employees (Sabah)
Mohamed Saleh Tamek, general delegate for prison administration and reintegration, said he had received promises to improve staff working conditions. This came on the occasion of Tamek’s presentation of the sub-budget for the prison administration to the Justice and Legislation Committee of the House of Representatives. Saeed Baziz, Chairman of the Justice and Legislation Committee, supported Tamek’s position, stressing that “the members of the committee worked on introducing amendments to the law regulating the prison institution, by stipulating the granting of incentives to employees.”
Thwarting an operation to bring cocaine and hallucinogenic tablets into Morocco (evening)
National Security and Customs personnel working at the Beni Nassar center in Nador were able to thwart an attempt to smuggle 63,74 hallucinogenic tablets and 550 grams of cocaine into the national territory, on board a light car bearing foreign license plates. A security source explained that the monitoring and inspection operations to which this tanker was subjected immediately after its arrival at the Beni Ansar center resulted in the seizure of the shipment of narcotic pills and cocaine, carefully hidden inside the body of this car and its spare wheel. The same source added that the search procedures completed also enabled the arrest of the car driver and his companion, Spaniards of Moroccan origin, aged 70 and 57 years.
The strike law in the House of Representatives… warnings against subjecting it to narrow calculations (the movement)
The parliamentary representative of the Popular Movement Party, Muhammad Ozin, confirmed that the draft law regulating the strike “should not be subject to the logic of the majority and the opposition, nor to the election funds.” Ozen considered, during the discussion of the draft law in the Social Sectors Committee of the House of Representatives, that it would have been better to “issue the trade union law before the strike law.” For his part, Rachid Hamouni, head of the parliamentary team for progress and socialism, stressed the need for the draft law to be negotiated with unions and all concerned parties, but “the government came and programmed it in Parliament.”
A professional university is upset by “chaos” in the fuel market (Al-Alam)
The National University of Gas Station Owners and Managers expressed its dissatisfaction with the “chaos” in the fuel market. In a statement, the concerned university called on the Ministry of Energy Transition to intervene urgently to legalize this type of transaction, which is represented by secret warehouses whose owners illegally sell gasoline and gasoline in installments. The statement said: “The parallel fuel market has recently witnessed a worrying growth, due to the profit margin that has reached record levels in this unorganized market, at a time when sales of service stations have declined significantly, and they have begun to operate outside the legal distribution system that requires a set of procedures.” And legal licenses.”
Education…ongoing discussion about controversial points (science)
Within the framework of completing the regulatory texts related to the decisions and decrees regarding the implementation of the basic system of education, the joint technical committee for reviewing the framework memorandum on transitional movements met with representatives of the Ministry of National Education. Regarding this meeting, Youssef Allakoush, Secretary-General of the Free University of Education affiliated with the General Union of Workers in Morocco, confirmed in a statement to the daily that it was agreed to hold another meeting on November 7th to follow up on the file of the framework memorandum on transitional movements and the file of promotion with certificates, and reducing working hours.
Officially: Signing of the governmental agreement on the African-Atlantic gas pipeline (Nigeria-Morocco) at the beginning of next year (Socialist Union)
The energy ministers of the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (CEOWAS) held a meeting dedicated to the Africa-Atlantic gas pipeline project (Nigeria – Morocco). This meeting, to which Mauritania was also invited, aims to adopt the intergovernmental agreement regarding the Africa-Atlantic gas pipeline (Nigeria – Morocco), which will be submitted for signature by the leaders of the member countries of CEDIAO, Morocco and Mauritania. During this meeting, the ministers adopted the intergovernmental agreement on the Africa-Atlantic gas pipeline, and the host country agreement attached to the agreement. They also agreed to organize an official signing ceremony for the intergovernmental agreement no later than the first semester of 2025.
Nasser Bourita: President Macron’s state visit to Morocco launched a new chapter in bilateral relations (Socialist Union)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, confirmed in an interview with Le Point magazine that the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco launched a new chapter in bilateral relations between the two countries. Bourita added that this visit opens an important page, which was embodied in the signing of His Majesty King Mohammed VI and President Macron of a very important declaration related to the exceptional and strong partnership. He explained that this document “represents an expression of a renewed ambition for bilateral cooperation firmly rooted in the principles of equality between countries, transparency, solidarity and shared responsibility.”
Riad Mazour: We will reach the goal of a “fully assembled aircraft” in Morocco by 2030 (today’s statement)
Riad Mazour, Minister of Industry and Trade, said that Morocco has managed, in less than two decades, to become an indispensable industrial platform in the aviation industry sector, attracting international investments and developing a strong system thanks to a series of ambitious industrial strategies. In an interview with Al-Jarida, Mazoor highlighted that the aviation industry sector achieves an export turnover of approximately $2.1 billion, noting that the development of the sector has contributed to the stability of more than 143 companies in the country while creating more than 24,000 job opportunities. He stressed that the Kingdom seeks, within the framework of industrial sovereignty, to become a strategic provider in the global value chain, stressing that “the goal is to manufacture a fully assembled aircraft in Morocco by 2030.”
The arrest of a French citizen of Algerian origin is the subject of an international arrest warrant (today’s statement)
National Security personnel at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca were able to arrest a 30-year-old French citizen of Algerian origins, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued against him by the judicial authorities in France. A security source stated that the process of registering the suspect in the database of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) showed that he is being sought at the international level at the request of the National Central Office in Paris, on suspicion of his involvement in a case related to threatening to kill, causing material losses to the property of others, insulting a public official, and attacking. On someone else’s property.
The Washington Institute in Essaouira: André Azoulay highlights Moroccan exceptionalism among nations (Message of the Nation)
Advisor to His Majesty the King and founding president of the Essaouira Mogador Association, André Azoulay, in Essaouira, highlighted the specificity and coherence of the strategy implemented by Morocco in the Mediterranean and within the international community, during a working session with the management team of the Washington Institute for Middle East Policy visiting the Kingdom. During this meeting, which was hosted by the House of Memory, more than 30 officials from the Washington Institute for Middle East Policy, one of the most prestigious think tanks in the American capital, had the opportunity to recognize the Kingdom’s insight and uniqueness in dealing with various Mediterranean issues.
Update of the National Electrical Transmission Grid (Le Matin) blog
The National Electricity Regulatory Authority opened a project to update the National Electrical Transmission Network Code. Technical expertise will be used to fundamentally update the various technical provisions and requirements of this text. This process is supposed to lead to the integration of new technologies into network management, adapting the latter to non-traditional production units such as photovoltaics and solar energy, in addition to establishing clear administrative procedures for integrating new technologies and ensuring flexibility in standards to adapt to future technological developments.
His Majesty the King congratulates the President of the Republic of Panama on the occasion of his country’s independence anniversary (Liberation)
His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to the President of the Republic of Panama, José Raúl Molino Quintero, on the occasion of his country’s independence anniversary. His Majesty the King’s telegram included: “I am pleased to send you my best congratulations, along with my sincere wishes for your friendly country’s continued progress and prosperity on the occasion of its independence day.” His Majesty the King added, “I take this opportunity to confirm to Your Excellency my keenness to work together to develop the bonds of friendship and cooperation that unite our two countries at the bilateral and multilateral levels, in a way that serves the interests of our two friendly peoples and enhances the growing dynamism of our bilateral relations.”
The Ministry of Justice promotes decentralization by establishing regional directorates to modernize judicial administration (L’Opinion)
The Minister of Justice issued a decision to establish and organize the decentralized departments of the Ministry, represented by regional directorates of justice distributed at the level of the judicial departments of each court of appeal. A statement from the Ministry explained that this decision comes within the framework of strengthening the decentralized approach and laying the foundations of modern judicial administration, as well as in the context of the Ministry’s strategy aimed at bringing services closer to citizens and enhancing the effectiveness and quality of judicial services, by strengthening the administrative and financial independence of the regional directorates. He added that this step aims to enable the regional directorates to implement the ministry’s sectoral strategies in a manner consistent with the specificities of each judicial district.
Morocco is immune from global protectionism, but for how long? (Learning Echo)
In the face of increasing protectionism, the economic gap is widening dramatically, exacerbating the vulnerability of the poorest countries. The decline in international aid, coupled with multiple trade restrictions, is severely impacting these economies. Morocco, which relies heavily on foreign trade, must enhance its openness while focusing attention on pillars of the economy such as employment, education, and the business climate.
Moroccan Sahara.. Morocco welcomes the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2756 (Al-Bayan)
The Kingdom of Morocco welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution 2756, which extends the mandate of MINURSO until October 31, 2025, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad. The Ministry explained, in a statement, that this decision comes in a context characterized by the irreversible path drawn by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in the issue of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom, through the increasing support of the permanent members of the Security Council and the influential countries of the Moroccan Sahara and the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative. And the continued withdrawal of recognition of the fictitious “Sahrawi Republic”.
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And ensuring better accessibility to justice. The establishment of these regional directorates aims to streamline judicial processes, enhance the capacity of judicial personnel, and foster a more efficient legal environment that responds to the needs of the population.
### Key Highlights:
1. **Prison Law Amendments**:
– Saeed Baziz supports amendments for prison institution laws to incentivize employees.
2. **Drug Smuggling Prevention**:
– In Nador, authorities seized a significant shipment of cocaine and hallucinogenic tablets and arrested two suspects.
3. **Strike Law Discussions**:
- Parliamentary discussions addressing concerns over the regulation of strikes and the timing of related legislation.
4. **Fuel Market Issues**:
- The National University of Gas Station Owners criticized the unregulated fuel market and called for urgent regulatory measures.
5. **Education Framework Meetings**:
– Ongoing discussions regarding education reforms and upcoming meetings to address transitional movements and promotions.
6. **African-Atlantic Gas Pipeline Agreement**:
- An intergovernmental agreement for the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline is set to be signed by mid-2025.
7. **Morocco-France Relations**:
– Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita highlighted a new chapter in Moroccan-French relations following President Macron’s visit.
8. **Aviation Industry Growth**:
- Minister Riad Mazour aims for Morocco to manufacture fully assembled aircraft by 2030, reflecting growth in the aviation sector.
9. **International Arrest**:
– A French citizen of Algerian origin was arrested at Casablanca airport on an international warrant.
10. **Moroccan Exceptionalism**:
– André Azoulay spoke about Morocco’s unique approach to Mediterranean issues during a meeting with U.S. think tank officials.
11. **Electricity Transmission Network Update**:
– Regulatory authority is updating the National Electrical Transmission Network Code to incorporate new technologies.
12. **Panama Independence Message**:
- King Mohammed VI congratulated Panama on its independence anniversary, emphasizing bilateral cooperation.
13. **Judicial Decentralization**:
– The Justice Ministry promotes decentralization with new regional directorates to enhance judicial service delivery.
These developments reflect ongoing legislative, social, and economic activities in Morocco aimed at improving governance, industry, and international relations.
