On the decision of the Wali of Marrakech , the work on a kissaria near the historic site of the Koutoubia is at a standstill, following a violation of the urban planning code. At the same time, the officials in charge of urban planning and heritage conservation are being questioned by an Interior Ministry investigation commission.
The examination of the case of counterfeiting official documents to obtain Moroccan nationality for the benefit of Israelis continues. The Casablanca Court of Appeal heard the accused, who speak Arabic, last Wednesday.
On the occasion of the renewal of its bodies, the idea of increasing the number of seats in the first chamber of the Moroccan parliament is being raised. At the maneuver, certain major electors, however involved in various scandals.
Nearly half of the young people in the Maghreb and Middle East countries, including Morocco, want to leave their country for more promising destinations. This is the result of the survey conducted by the ASDA’A BCW agency and published by Radio France Internationale.
The debate is intensifying among deputies on the draft law on the reform of the integrity, prevention and anti-corruption authority. Some provisions of this strategic text are recording divergent opinions in the ranks of the deputies, after three discussion sessions.
Luxury villas with gardens and swimming pools are springing up like mushrooms around Casablanca, Rabat and Mohammedia, in violation of urban planning rules. These works were carried out on the basis of building permits issued rather for agricultural activities, with the complicity of authority agents and elected officials.
The First Secretary of the USFP, Driss Lachgar, disagrees with the government. He accuses it of exploiting religion and using money in elections, while remaining attached to the uninominal ballot.
In the eyes of the Integrity Authority, the fight against illicit enrichment cannot be reduced to the sole and unique declaration of assets. The INPPLC advocates reforms going as far as the establishment of custodial sentences.
The National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and the Fight against Corruption (INPPLC) chaired by Mohamed Bachir Rachdi proposes a new dynamic for the fight against corruption in Morocco. This is the main point to be remembered from its first annual report.
New twist in the cases of corruption, falsification of reports, abuse of power and influence peddling for which a judge and his accomplices are in prison. On the orders of the prosecutor of the king near the court of first instance of Casablanca , two women were incarcerated.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Benchaaboun , stated that corruption costs Morocco up to 7% of its GDP per year.
The verdict of the doctor and the nurse, prosecuted in pre-trial detention for a corruption case, has been handed down. The court of first instance of Kelaa des Sraghna acquitted the former and sentenced the nurse to 2 months in prison with a fine of 10,000 dirhams.