Morocco Expands Amazigh Language Integration in Judicial System

To this end, the two parties, represented by the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, and the Rector of IRCAM, Ahmed Boukous, signed, on Tuesday, an addendum to their cooperation agreement, during a ceremony chaired by the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch.

This new clause "crowns the will of the two parties to establish an active partnership aimed at strengthening the presence of the Amazigh language in the judicial system," the institute said in a statement.

For the Minister of Justice, it aims to associate IRCAM with a series of steps to which his department has adhered as part of a new stage to bring together the conditions for a fair trial, including the need to engage an interpreter to assist the citizen who does not master the Arabic language before the judge.

He added that one hundred new civil servants, 60% of whom speak Amazigh, will soon be recruited and distributed among the courts in need of Amazigh language interpreters, in application of the Royal High Directives and the government program.

For his part, Boukous indicated that this is an important step in the process of implementing the official status of the Amazigh language: "The enhancement of human capital is the optimal solution to the problems of integration of the Amazigh language in the various institutions, as stipulated in the said agreement, considered as a pragmatic initiative and an essential step in this field."

Finally, the Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch stressed the need to mobilize the human, logistical and financial resources to implement the provisions of this organic law, particularly in terms of completing the legal, organizational and institutional projects. An approach that, he says, allows to translate into facts the two organic laws relating to the officialization of the Amazigh language and the National Council of Moroccan Languages and Culture.