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• Morocco Considers Bill to Add Amazigh Language to Civil Registry Documents
  12 August 2022, by Armel

  A bill to include the Amazigh language in the civil registry as an official language of the Kingdom has been tabled by the Istiqlal party. Its use in the fields of education, legislation, information and administration is among the priority projects for the country and for the current government.
  This is a bill aimed at amending and supplementing Articles 23 and 36 of Law No. 37.99, relating to the civil status. The objective is to include the Amazigh language in the civil status as an (…)

• 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 Expands Health Coverage to 5 Million Self-Employed Workers Amid Pandemic
  6 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Moroccan government plans to set up medical coverage for self-employed workers. The aim is to help them mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
  This project concerns five million self-employed workers as well as dependents, which will benefit a total of nearly 11 million Moroccans.
  The Minister of Labor and Professional Integration, Mohamed Amekraz, states that more than 90% of Moroccans will benefit from social security after the implementation of laws 98.15 and 99.15. (…)

• Morocco’s Istiqlal Party Proposes Universal Income for Poorest as Part of Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan
  9 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  In the run-up to the "deconfinement" of June 10, the Secretary General of the Istiqlal, Nizar Baraka, presented on Friday the main lines of his party’s Memorandum in the presence of the Head of Government.
  "A responsible economic recovery and a solid social protection to build the future". This is the title of the Istiqlal Memorandum which aims to make proposals to the government in this context of a state of health emergency. According to the former Finance Minister, Nizar Baraka, this (…)

• Istiqlal Party Pushes for Voting Rights of Moroccan Expatriates in 2021 Elections
  15 January 2021, by Jérôme

  Moroccans residing abroad must exercise their constitutional rights to be voters and eligible in elections within the framework of full citizenship. This concern was at the heart of the discussions between Nizar Baraka, Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, and representatives of the Coordination of Moroccan Political Parties Abroad, last Wednesday, at the party’s headquarters in Rabat.
  Nizar Baraka seized this opportunity to express all the interest he attaches to the issue of (…)

• Moroccan Parliament Rejects Voting Rights for Expatriates in Upcoming Elections
  9 March 2021, by Sylvanus

  Moroccans living abroad (MRE) will not participate in the next legislative elections. This is what the deputies have decided, voting overwhelmingly against the amendment presented by the Istiqlal party.
  It was by 244 votes against, 8 abstentions and only 18, all belonging to Istiqlal, that the deputies rejected, last Friday at the House of Representatives, the amendment authorizing Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) to participate directly in the next legislative elections. The explanations (…)

• Moroccan Expats Seek Royal Intervention After Election Exclusion
  24 March 2021, by Jérôme

  The inexplicable exclusion of Moroccans abroad from the upcoming elections was received as a major blow for the representatives of the coordination of the eight political parties abroad (Istiqlal, MP, PAM, PJD, PPS, RNI, UC, USFP) and all Moroccans abroad, laments Hadj Chafiq, Deputy Coordinator of the MDM and Coordinator of the Istiqlal Party in Europe, in a free tribune published in L’Opinion, noting that in the face of this situation, all the militants and sympathizers of the Istiqlal (…)

• Moroccan Istiqlal Party Slams Spain’s Decision to Host Polisario Leader
  10 May 2021, by Jonas

  Alongside the various diplomatic statements, the Istiqlal party has strongly criticized the decision of Spain to host the leader of the separatists, Brahim Ghali, with the Spanish Popular Party. In a letter addressed to Pablo Casado, the Moroccan political formation has lambasted this stance of the Spanish authorities which it considers "hostile and unfriendly" towards Morocco.
  "We consider, in the Istiqlal Party, that the decision of the Spanish government to welcome the head of the (…)

• Istiqlal Party Agrees to Join Morocco’s Next Government Coalition
  20 September 2021, by Jérôme

  The Istiqlal Party (PI) is ready to participate in the next government. This is the decision taken by the National Council of the political party, at the end of the proceedings of its extraordinary session, held virtually on Saturday in Rabat.
  It is through a press release that the party made its decision public, in response to the offer of the designated head of government, Aziz Akhannouch. It is the Secretary General of the party, Nizar Baraka, who was appointed, assisted by the members (…)

• Hassan II’s Near-Downfall: Former Minister Reveals Controversial Moroccan Royal Decree
  10 April, by Prince

  M’hamed El Khalifa, a former minister and Istiqlal leader, revealed that the dahir known as "anything that can be detrimental" could have led King Hassan II to his downfall, stressing that Moroccans have suffered greatly from the effects of this dahir.
  "King Hassan II considered the repeal of this dahir as a day of celebration for Moroccans. He said that this day should be celebrated, because this dahir could have led to the death sentence of the king, as His Majesty imagined, if things (…)