Opposition Lawmakers Push to Abolish Parliamentary Pensions in Morocco

Contrary to the president of the Istiqlal group in the first Chamber, Noureddine Moudiane, who defends the maintenance of the parliamentary retirement scheme, three opposition deputies opt for its definitive abolition, reports Hespress.

"Compensation must be solely related to the duration of the parliamentary term," said PAM MP Ibtissam Azzaoui, because the "parliamentary mandate requires work that does not require the allocation of a special pension". For his part, FGD deputy Mustapha Chennaoui argues that "there is no need to maintain the retirement of parliamentarians". For him, this retirement scheme is nothing more than a "political rent". He therefore called on his colleagues to "engage in the fight against rent".

Last November, the PAM group in the House of Representatives had presented a bill aimed at the abolition and liquidation of the pensions received by parliamentarians at the end of their terms. This is the fifth proposal that has been made since the bankruptcy of this pension scheme at the end of 2017, the same source specifies.