Abdellatif Ouahbi

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• Morocco Adds Language Requirement to Citizenship Law, Including Amazigh
  2 February 2023, by Ginette

  Parliamentarians unanimously adopted a bill on the Moroccan Nationality Code, which involves knowledge of the Amazigh language as a criterion for obtaining nationality.
  The bill was presented by the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, according to whom this law is in line with the Moroccan constitution, which enshrines the official status of Amazigh. The minister also noted that the knowledge of the Amazigh language, as well as Arabic, should not be required only for obtaining (…)

• Morocco Debates Alimony Reform: Women’s Groups Protest Proposal for Higher-Earning Wives to Pay Ex-Husbands
  10 September 2024, by Sylvanus

  Women’s associations are up in arms against the reform of Abdelatif Ouahbi, Minister of Justice, imposing on women with higher incomes than their spouses to pay alimony to their ex-husbands after divorce.
  Abdelatif Ouahbi’s desire to promote "true parity" between men and women is meeting with resistance. In an interview on the Moroccan channel 2M last week, the minister suggested that women with higher incomes in the couple should pay alimony (Nafaqa) to their husband in the event of (…)

• Morocco to Send Parliamentary Mission to Aid Women and Children in Syria, Iraq Conflict Zones
  10 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  At the request of the deputy and leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Abdellatif Ouahbi, an information parliamentary mission will be set up in the coming days. It will travel to Iraq and Syria to inquire about the situation of Moroccan women and children trapped in conflict zones.
  This mission will be carried out with the assistance of the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, the Moroccan Red Crescent and the (…)

• Morocco Considers Mission to Aid Citizens Detained in Syria and Iraq Camps
  9 December 2020, by Bladi.net

  A meeting will soon bring together the parliamentary mission dedicated to Moroccans stranded and detained in Syria and Iraq. This first meeting represents a sign of hope for the families of these forgotten people.
  The members of this parliamentary mission are to meet this week, reports Al Massae. The discussions will focus on an upcoming visit to these Syrian refugee camps to assess the living conditions of Moroccan women and minors imprisoned there.
  For the Secretary General of the (…)

• Constitutional Court to Rule on Controversial Moroccan Lawmakers’ Pension Bill
  22 February 2021, by Jérôme

  The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) wants the Constitutional Court to invalidate the bill passed in plenary session of the House of Councillors and related to the liquidation of the pensions of members of the lower house. It has this week filed a brief containing several motions, in order to reject this bill that comes to silence months of controversy.
  The party led by Abdellatif Ouahdi believes that this text "has no basis in the Constitution", nor in the "organizational sphere". (…)

• Moroccan Minister Calls for Release of Rif Protesters, Expresses Hope for Region
  3 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  "We are confident that soon the rays of hope will appear in the sky of the Rif and bring an opening, a smile and joy on the face of all the Riffians," said Ouahbi, who seized the opportunity of a PAM popular meeting in Tangier, to recall the special interest that King Mohammed VI gives to the Rif.
  Then, the lawyer, according to the website Article19.ma, took the opportunity to launch an appeal for the release of about forty Riffians detained in prisons in the north of the Kingdom, (…)

• Abdellatif Ouahbi Elected as New Leader of Morocco’s PAM Party Amid Internal Crisis
  10 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  Abdellatif Ouahbi was elected to the head of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), replacing Hakim Benchamach. He is now the new Secretary General of the Party.
  The PAM has turned a new page in its history. The new Secretary General was unanimously elected on February 8, 2020, after the final withdrawal of the two potential candidates for the leadership of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah and Samir Belfqih, during the 4th congress of the (…)

• Moroccan Political Leader Abdellatif Ouahbi Injured in Rabat Car Crash
  21 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Abdellatif Ouahbi, was the victim of a traffic accident that occurred on Thursday, May 20 in Rabat. He came out with minor injuries.
  The accident occurred in the afternoon on Thursday after Abdellatif Ouahbi’s participation in a PAM meeting in Rabat. His blue limousine was hit by a vehicle driven by a motorist who was speeding, reports Siassy. The official’s car was seriously damaged.
  The lawyer was "slightly injured (…)

• Moroccan Opposition Party PAM Launches Bilingual Newspaper "The Tractor"
  1 December 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) now has a new press organ called "The Tractor", which readers will be able to find in bilingual version (Arabic and French).
  By signing the editorial of this very first issue, Abdellatif Ouahbi, Secretary General of the PAM, affirmed that the objective of the party as the second political force in the country is to "make a decisive and large-scale contribution to the action and influence of the Kingdom". But also, it is a question of "defending (…)

• Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Meets New PAM Party Leader Abdellatif Ouahbi
  12 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  King Mohammed VI received, at his request, Abdellatif Ouahbi on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at the Royal Palace in Casablanca. This meeting follows the election of this political leader to the position of Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).
  According to a press release from the Royal Cabinet, published by the MAP, the audience granted by King Mohammed VI to Mr. Abdellatif Ouahbi comes at the request of the latter, following his election to the position of (…)