Reading the articles of some newspapers for Wednesday and Thursday, we begin with “Al-Massa”, which published that the director of the Bilal Ben Rabah School in the city of Meknes was subjected to deportation from performing the duties that were assigned to him, based on a decision issued by the Regional Academy of Education and Training in the Fez-Meknes region, against the background of his involvement. In spreading the Baha’i faith among male and female students.
The news added that the process of relieving the aforementioned director was followed by a decision to present his case to the attention of the Ministry of National Education in order to take the rest of the disciplinary measures against him, after it was confirmed that he was involved in instructing the students of the school whose administration he was supervising with prayers and hymns related to the Baha’i religion.
In another news, the same newspaper reported that members of the judicial police in the security jurisdiction of the city of Fez opened a judicial investigation into the incident of a citizen finding the body of a person inside an abandoned building at the level of the Al-Masirah neighborhood in the Zouagha district. As soon as they learned of the news, the aforementioned security personnel arrived at the scene of the incident, accompanied by a team of scientific and technical police and members of the Civil Defense.
Al-Massa’ also wrote that the misdemeanor red-handed court room at the Court of First Instance in Marrakesh postponed the trial of activist Saeed Ait Mehdi and three other defendants until January 6 to prepare the defense. The defendants’ defense requested temporary release, which was rejected.
For its part, “Moroccan Events” published that the National Association of Broiler Breeders intends to write to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, Ahmed Al-Bouari, to intervene to activate the outcomes of the Competition Council’s report on feed prices, and to hold meetings with the ministerial institutions concerned with the poultry sector, in order to determine On the violations experienced by the sector. The association also stressed the importance of opening the doors of dialogue to this group working in the sector, to ensure improving conditions and advancing the sector.
It was stated in the same newspaper that 200 female recruits at the General Support Air Base in Benslimane completed the first phase of military training over a period of four months. This stage enables female recruits to acquire skills in addition to discipline, responsibility, physical education, and citizenship education. The female recruits will begin specialized training in which they will benefit from a group of basic vocational training, which will qualify them to become active in society and enter the labor market.
As for “Al-Alam,” it was stated that the General Directorate of National Security confirmed the obligation of those who operate taxi licenses of the first and second categories to submit a recent life certificate for the permit holder, or a certification document confirming his survival, and set the date of January 31, 2025 as the last date for implementing this procedure, and issued a warning. Delay beyond this date will lead to the withdrawal of the permit from its holder.
Al-Khabar added that this decision aims to combat tampering with licenses, prevent the exploitation of “creams” by illegal parties, ensure that the licenses are still owned by their actual owners, and regulate the transportation sector and improve its services. This procedure was based on Global Resolution No. 399 QS, issued on December 2, 2024, and State Telegram No. 7944 QS, dated December 24, 2014, which obliges all users of taxi licenses to submit a recent life certificate for the permit holder or an official certificate from the operators confirming that The permit holder is still alive.
The same newspaper reported that Parliamentarian Khawla Al-Kharshi devoted an oral question to the issue of the informal sector, as she considered that it constitutes a dark circle in the economy due to the bleeding it causes in terms of economic and social losses, stating that the continuation of informal activity is a symbol of perpetuating social fragility. In light of this, I wondered about the government procedures accompanying the rehabilitation of the sector.
