Here are the main headlines developed by the national press for this Saturday, February 25, 2023
The morning
Ramadan: the instructions of the Interministerial Commission for monitoring and monitoring market supply and prices
As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, the public authorities are strengthening monitoring systems to ensure the smooth running of supply operations during this period, which is often marked by a spike in consumption. Meeting on Friday at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior, the Interministerial Commission for monitoring and monitoring the supply of markets and prices gave its instructions to the various stakeholders in order to make this operation a success. The walis and governors will be on the front line to ensure compliance with procedures. They were thus called upon to continue efforts and intensify coordination procedures with the various stakeholders in order to guarantee a sufficient supply of basic necessities. They will also have to guarantee the fluidity of the distribution circuits and monitor any possible disruption of the supply and distribution routes and deal with them with the required efficiency and speed.
Release
Local authorities: overall surplus of nearly 991 MDH in January 2023
The execution of the budgets of the local authorities (CT) showed an overall surplus of nearly 991 million dirhams (MDH) in January 2023, once morest an overall surplus of 587 MDH a year earlier, according to the General Treasury of the Kingdom (TGR ). This surplus, which takes into account a positive balance of 18 MDH generated by the special accounts and the annexed budgets, is intended to cover the expenses incurred and to be paid during this year, indicates the TGR in its Monthly Bulletin of January local finance statistics (BMSFL).
Morocco-Palestine: shared views on the management of emergency cases
The Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency organized a symposium shining the spotlight on the Moroccan and Palestinian experiences in the management of emergency and relief cases. Medical specialists from Al-Quds, visiting the Kingdom at the invitation of the Agency, thus presented to their Moroccan counterparts their experiences in the care of maqdessis victims of the tragic events in the holy city, affected by live or rubber ammunition or suffocated following the use by the Israeli forces of tear gas canisters or waste water channels, according to a press release from the Agency.
Al Massae
The prices of high consumption food products during the month of Ramadan are experiencing a palpable drop thanks to the abundance of supply and the strengthening of control
The prices of red and white meats, certain vegetables that are highly consumed during the month of Ramadan, such as tomatoes, and a few basic products, have experienced a palpable drop over the past two weeks thanks to the abundance and the diversity of supply on the markets and strengthening the control of production and marketing chains and distribution circuits. This observation was noted during a meeting of the high-level interministerial commission for monitoring and monitoring market supply and prices, held on Friday at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior.
Assahra almaghribia
The reduction of 45% of the documents required in the field of investment will contribute to the improvement of the business climate
The 45% reduction in the documents required of investors, following the simplification and digitization of 22 administrative decisions, will help improve the investment climate in Morocco, said the Minister of Digital Transition and Reform of the administration, Ghita Mezzour. In response to a question during a press briefing following the meeting of the Council of Government, Mezzour indicated that this measure, which intervenes in application of the high royal instructions contained in the speech of HM King Mohammed VI in the opening of the 1st session of the 2nd legislative year of the 11th legislature, will have a positive impact on investment, which is “an engine of socio-economic growth and job creation for young people and Moroccans in general “.
Rissalat Al Oumma
Aid to populations affected by the cold snap: opening up of more than 434,000 people in 11 provinces
The Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesperson, Mustapha Baitas, indicated that the interventions carried out by various departments to deal with the effects of the cold wave in certain regions made it possible to open up nearly 434,777 people, spread over 11 provinces. In response to a question during a press briefing at the end of the meeting of the Council of Government, Baitas specified that these interventions, carried out on high royal instructions, benefited the population of 55 territorial collectivities coming under the provinces of Al Haouz, Ouarzazate, Taroudant, Tinghir, Midelt, Chichaoua, Tata, Guelmim, Errachidia, Zagora and Chtouka-Inezgane, i.e. in three regions, those of Draa-Tafilalet, Marrakech-Safi and Souss-Massa.
Rissalat Al Oumma
State of health emergency: the vagueness persists
The government has not announced any official decision regarding the cancellation or extension of the state of health emergency, three years following its establishment following the first case of coronavirus declared in March 2020 in Morocco. And faced with contradictory opinions on the suspension of the effect of the state of emergency throughout the national territory, or an extension of an additional month, Mustapha Baitas, government spokesperson, left the door ajar in front of the two possibilities. Thus, invited to answer a question from the media at the end of the government council, Baitas indicated that the government council had not deliberated on this point and that the effect of the state of emergency, according to the decree in force, would remain in force until February 28.