The Council of Government, meeting on Thursday, March 18, 2021, by videoconference under the chairmanship of Saad-Eddine El Otmani, adopted the draft decree implementing Decree-Law No. 2.20.605, published on September 15, 2020. This will help alleviate the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on restaurant employees.
A few days before the third Council of Government that will consider the draft law on the legalization of cannabis in Morocco, here are some details on this bill examined during the last two government meetings. This draft under consideration aims to promote the medical, cosmetic and industrial cannabis sectors. Its production is only authorized within the perimeter defined by regulation and this perimeter evolves according to the needs of national and international demand.
Meeting this Thursday, March 4, 2021 by videoconference under the chairmanship of the Head of Government, Saâd Eddine El Othmani, the Government Council again postponed the examination of the draft law on the legalization of cannabis, announced the Minister of National Education, government spokesperson, Saaid Amzazi.
The draft law on the use of cannabis for medical purposes constitutes progress for Morocco but some improvements are necessary. The government will examine it during its council on Thursday, March 4.
The draft law on the legal use of cannabis will be examined during the Council of Government meeting to be held this Thursday, a statement from the Department of the Head of Government said on Monday. The extension of the state of health emergency will also be at the heart of the discussions.
Mustapha Ramid, Minister of State in charge of Human Rights and Relations with Parliament, would have withdrawn his resignation after receiving apologies from the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani .
Mustapha Ramid, Minister of State in charge of Human Rights and Relations with Parliament, presented his resignation to the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani , this Friday. He cites the reasons.
The Council of Government, meeting this Thursday, February 25, was to proceed with the adoption of the draft law on the use of cannabis. But this much-anticipated decision by Moroccans will be known at the next meeting of the Council of Government.
In reaction to the draft law on the legalization of cannabis which was to be examined on Thursday, February 25 in the Council of Government, before being postponed, Abdelilah Benkirane joined the debate by posting on his Facebook page a video dating back to April 2016. In this excerpt from the speech he had given before activists in Salé, the former head of government had addressed the issue, accusing the PAM officials, who were calling for the legalization of cannabis, of hiding behind the farmers and lying to the people about their real motivations.
As part of the legalization of cannabis, Morocco is preparing to create a dedicated national agency. The powers and composition of this future institution, provided for in the draft law (13-21), are currently under discussion.
Fraudulent fuels create a huge shortfall for the Moroccan state. Based on this observation, the government intends to create a new laboratory specialized in the analysis of petroleum products in order to address this.
The agreement signed between Morocco and France on the teaching of the Arabic language was brought up at the Council of Government on Thursday. Chaired by Saad Dine El Othmani, the Council looked at the teaching of the Arabic language within the framework of International Foreign Language Teaching (EILE) in France.