Abdelkader Bensalah «can't replace Bouteflika» because of his «Moroccan nationality»

The leader of Algeria’s Justice and Development Front party has announced that the current Speaker of the country’s Council of the Nation, the parliament’s upper chamber, could not run the country if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns. To him, Abdelkader Bensalah’s Moroccan origins are the problem.

Sahara : Kohler has allegedly proposed the drafting of a «Sahrawi constitution»

Horst Kohler is believed to have proposed a solution for the Western Sahara conflict, inspired by the advisory opinion given by the Court of International Justice in October 1975 recognizing the existence of legal ties of allegiance between the Sultan of Morocco and some of the tribes living in the territory of Western Sahara.  The Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara has allegedly recommended the drafting of a «Sahrawi constitution».

Morocco : Religious minorities want their demands to be heard at a conference in Rabat

For the first time in Morocco’s history, religious minorities in Rabat will gather to demand their right of practicing their faith freely. A courageous step that comes a few months after, the National Human Rights Council helped pave the way.

Sahara or Catalonia, Morocco will never recognize unilateral declarations of independence

Spain : Morocco rejects the unilateral Catalan independence process

The World Day Against the Death Penalty : The CMCPM insists on abolishing death penalty in Morocco

Article 8-bis of the 2017 Finance Law : The danger behind an «unconstitutional» article

As controversial as it sounds, the infamous article 8-bis from the 2017 Moroccan Finance Law has been approved by the House of Representatives earlier this month. The decision created a wave of anger among lawmakers in the country, explaining that it is contradicting the rules of the Constitution. 

King Mohammed VI names members of the constitutional court

Abdessamad Belkebir : «Dismissing Benkirane is a political coup against the constitution»

The decision of dismissing Abdelilah Benkirane several months after being appointed by the King has created a huge controversy in the political scene. To analyze the royal decidion that surprised the public opinion, Yabiladi.com interviewed Abdessamad Belkebir, a university professor and an ex-political militant in the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. According to Belkebir the dismissal of the general secretary of the PJD contradicts the philosophy of the Moroccan constitution.