MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 05/02/2025
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00:00Welcome to this new edition of the Média TV newscast, here are the headlines.
00:18In Morocco, five trade unions have launched a call for a national strike in the public and private sectors.
00:28They denounce the disengagement of the government of the participatory approach in the adoption of the organic law project related to the strike.
00:38Donald Trump wants to take control of the Gaza Strip, devastated by the war.
00:45A proposal that could change history, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
00:53And then, in accordance with the high orientations of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the strengthening of bilateral relations and regional energy cooperation in Morocco and Mauritania,
01:06signed this Tuesday in Nouakchott an agreement for the development and implementation of the electrical interconnection.
01:13Before developing all these headlines, know first that the House of Representatives adopted the majority this Wednesday.
01:25In second reading, during a legislative session, the organic law project number 9715,
01:32setting the conditions and modalities of the exercise of the right to strike.
01:36The bill was approved by 84 votes, while 20 deputies voted against without any abstention.
01:45As you will see on these images in Casablanca, a call has been launched, a call for a national strike in the public and private sectors
02:08to denounce the disengagement of the government of the participatory approach in the adoption of the organic law project related to the strike.
02:20The Moroccan Union of Labour plans a strike today and tomorrow,
02:26while the Democratic Confederation of Labour, the National Union of Labour in Morocco,
02:32the Democratic Organization of Labour and the Federation of Democratic Unions call for a general strike tomorrow.
02:46How to reconcile the country's economic imperatives with the rights of employees?
02:52And how could we avoid paralysis?
02:55Here is an answer with Driss Rissaoui, political and economic analyst.
03:01I think that the strike will be maintained, very likely.
03:06So how to avoid paralysis?
03:09It is through dialogue, my dear friend.
03:11The government must open the ways of dialogue in the largest space possible
03:21for the unions, so that everyone can speak, can express their voice.
03:27If the unions cannot make their voices heard, it will be very difficult to make them accepted by the workers, by all the unions.
03:38There is also the fact that the government should listen to the union headquarters,
03:44because they are partners in a collective exercise of social dialogue,
03:54where there are the union headquarters, the employers and the administration.
04:00These three parties must absolutely join hands and say that we have a successful country,
04:07a country that has great projects ahead of it,
04:11so to be able to do it, let's try to put aside the development instruments,
04:18the negotiation instruments and the debate instruments.
04:22And I told you earlier, the union headquarters in Morocco are no longer those who prevent us from turning in line,
04:29they are people who are constructive and they want to move forward.
04:32This is the most important thing.
04:35During a session dedicated to the monthly oral questions on the general policy,
04:40the head of the government, Aziz Arnaouche, said on Tuesday in the Chamber of Councils
04:45that the government is pursuing its efforts to reduce tax pressure on employees.
04:50The income is assimilated and retreated through a re-development of the progressive balance of tax on income
04:58in order to support employees and employees, in particular the income of the middle class, he said.
05:10In anticipation of the holy month of Ramadan,
05:14the Inter-Ministerial Commission of Watch and Monitoring of the State of Supply of Markets and Prices
05:20held yesterday a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior.
05:24This enlarged meeting intervenes in consecration of the high royal directives in favor of the implementation of optimal conditions
05:32through, among other things, an abundant and regular supply of markets.
05:37The struggle with firmness against all forms of speculation, price manipulation,
05:43reaching health and safety of citizens as well as consumer rights and their purchasing power
05:51indicates a communiqué of the Ministry of the Interior.
05:55I propose you to follow these reactions.
06:02The government is strongly mobilized to guarantee the availability of all basic products
06:07that citizens will need during the holy month of Ramadan and at affordable prices.
06:15The most consumed products during this month will be offered in abundance
06:19and there will be no disturbance in their supply.
06:25Control measures will also be strengthened in the markets
06:28in order to control the prices of consumer products
06:31which must be within reach of all Moroccans throughout the kingdom.
06:34Our department is watching in the framework of the preparations for the month of Ramadan
06:39in order to monitor the production of the most consumed materials
06:43which will be abundantly available at reasonable prices.
06:54Our department works every year to ensure the availability of all basic products
07:01Our department works every year to ensure the availability of all basic products
07:08at reasonable prices.
07:10Concerning the prices of the products of the sea,
07:12they must generally vary between 17 and 110 rams.
07:20Concerning pelagic fish, including sardines, mackerel and anchovies,
07:24our department cooperates with professionals
07:27for a sufficient supply during the holy month.
07:30Knowing that the current period of biological rest will end on February 15.
07:39In international news, Donald Trump made an announcement this Tuesday,
07:43let's say, wanting to take control of the Gaza Strip,
07:46devastated by the war,
07:48a proposal that could change history,
07:51according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
07:54The United States will take control of the Gaza Strip,
07:57this is what the US President said
07:59speaking of the Palestinian territory,
08:01we will take possession of it
08:03and will be responsible for the dismantling of all the dangerous bombs
08:07that did not explode
08:09and all the weapons.
08:10He added that the United States would flatten the area
08:14and get rid of the destroyed buildings
08:17in order to economically develop the Palestinian territory.
08:21Donald Trump has recently aroused a wave of international indignation
08:25by proposing to simply clean up the Gaza Strip
08:29and to transfer its inhabitants to safer places
08:33like Egypt or the hostile Jordan,
08:36but the US President is raising pressure
08:40and assures that he will take over the Gaza Strip.
08:43And we will do a job with it too.
08:45We'll own it.
08:47After 15 months of devastating war,
08:50hundreds of Palestinian displaced people
08:53are returning to Jabalia in the Gaza Strip.
08:57This once dynamic locality
08:59is now transformed into a real field of devastation.
09:04Immersing with Lina Melini.
09:08Here in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip,
09:12many Palestinian displaced people return to the middle of the ruins.
09:16After being forced to leave their homes
09:19because of the bombings,
09:21this family travels hundreds of kilometers
09:23in the hope of returning home.
09:25We are exhausted.
09:28We are exhausted.
09:30I don't know if there is anyone left.
09:32We are exhausted from walking.
09:35My children and I are extremely tired
09:37from walking for several kilometers.
09:39We have been walking since 8.30 in the morning.
09:41We are very thirsty, but we have no more water.
09:50In these unknown streets of Jabalia,
09:52Ismail and his family are trying to find their home.
09:55After crossing kilometers of ruins,
09:58this father of a family accompanied by his children
10:01finally finds their home under the rubble.
10:04A mixed feeling accompanies Ismail
10:07between relief to return home
10:10and disappointment at the magnitude of these destructions.
10:13I am sad and happy at the same time
10:16to be back in my house,
10:18but it is completely destroyed.
10:20Where are we going to sleep, my wife and my four children?
10:23As you can see, we have no aunt or anything at all.
10:26If only we had a mother,
10:28we would have been able to live in peace.
10:31We have nothing.
10:33We have nothing.
10:35We have nothing at all.
10:37If only we had stayed in the south,
10:39we would have avoided seeing all these destructions.
10:48Israeli bombings have damaged
10:51nearly 60% of the Gaza Strip buildings,
10:54turning entire neighborhoods into a wasteland
10:57full of debris.
11:00According to the instructions of His Majesty,
11:03King Mohammed VI,
11:05the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water
11:08and the Mauritanian Society of Electricity
11:11have signed an agreement on the development
11:14and realization of electric interconnection
11:17between the two countries.
11:22Morocco and Mauritania
11:25officialize their collaboration
11:28on electric interconnection.
11:30Tariq Aman, the Director General of the National Office
11:33of Electricity and Drinking Water
11:36and his Mauritanian counterpart Sidi Saleh Mohamed
11:39signed this Tuesday in Nouakchott an agreement
11:42in order to optimize the exploitation of the two neighboring countries
11:45of their renewable energy resources
11:48in an energy complementarity logic.
11:51The first agreement aims to improve
11:54the performance of human resources.
11:57This project will open perspectives
12:00in the different fields of renewable energy.
12:03It will also strengthen the capacities
12:06and dynamize the market between the two countries.
12:09It will also help strengthen expertise and exchanges.
12:12As part of the Royal Atlantic Initiative,
12:15this project,
12:17it aims to strengthen the reliability
12:20of the electrical networks of Morocco and Mauritania,
12:23but its impact far exceeds the bilateral framework.
12:26It is part of a wider dynamic of energy integration
12:29between Europe and West Africa,
12:32in particular via the West African Power Pool.
12:39Electric interconnection between Morocco and Mauritania
12:42is a step that responds to the new reality
12:45and opens promising perspectives for the two countries
12:48to strengthen their ability to connect
12:51with the European and African markets.
12:54The agreement just signed,
12:57the two technical teams had their first consultation
13:00in order to ensure a rapid and effective execution of this project.
13:03This interconnection will strengthen the role
13:06of Morocco and Mauritania as regional energy hubs.
13:09With this progress,
13:12the two countries confirm their commitment
13:15in favor of a South-South energy cooperation
13:18towards the future,
13:21and carried out by a common vision of integration and prosperity.
13:24Moroccan IT from Sahara.
13:27Guatemala considers that the autonomy plan
13:30presented by the Baroque in 2007
13:33is a realistic, credible and serious basis
13:36to achieve a definitive settlement of this difference
13:39within the framework of respect for the territorial integrity
13:42of the Kingdom and its national sovereignty.
13:45This is what the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
13:48Monica Bolanos said yesterday in Rabat.
13:51The Southerners are in talks
13:54with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Borreta.
13:57Bolanos also noted that the opening
14:00in December 2022 of a consulate
14:03in Guatemala, Dakhla, was an important step
14:06on the path of deepening
14:09relations between the two countries.
14:17In Morocco, the Secretariat of State in charge of
14:20craftsmanship and the social economy
14:23and in solidarity with the Royal Society of Horse Encouragement,
14:26the House of the Craftsman and the National Association
14:29of Traditional Arts and Crafts, TBOREDA,
14:32has signed a partnership agreement
14:35to enhance the arts and crafts of TBOREDA.
14:38This agreement also aims to enhance
14:41the craftsmanship professions.
14:44Amars Kalli, General Director of the Royal Society of Horse Encouragement,
14:47tells us more.
14:50This agreement between the Secretariat of State,
14:53craftsmanship and the Royal Society of Horse Encouragement,
14:56the House of the Craftsman and the National Association
14:59of Traditional Arts and Crafts,
15:02aims to train, promote
15:05and train
15:08the artisans,
15:11especially in terms of
15:14craftsmanship related to TBOREDA,
15:17so that the users,
15:20so that the practitioners
15:23of this traditional art, TBOREDA,
15:26which is now on the UNESCO list
15:30so that this practice of this art
15:33is in respect of our heritage,
15:36in respect of our traditions
15:39and that the products used by the practitioners of this art
15:42are respectful of our traditions
15:45and especially in relation to what our ancestors left us.
15:50Ramadan 1446 in Morocco
15:53is soon
15:56to be celebrated.
15:59We are here today with the guest of the major newspaper,
16:02Média 1 TV.
16:05We are interested in the inter-ministerial commission
16:08of the day before and in monitoring the state of supply
16:11of the markets and prices
16:14that held a meeting on Tuesday
16:17at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior
16:20in anticipation of the sacred month.
16:23Hello, Abdeltaif Komat.
16:26Thank you for accepting our invitation.
16:29Thank you for the invitation.
16:32So, a meeting
16:35took place on Tuesday
16:38at the Ministry of the Interior
16:41in less than a month from the start
16:44of the month of fasting, the month of Ramadan.
16:47What is the state of supply
16:51on the Moroccan markets?
16:54In fact,
16:57according to the communiqué,
17:00the state is reassuring.
17:03I would say in a pragmatic and real way
17:06because it is true, it is a state of the place
17:09that emanates first of all, of course,
17:12the increase in information that is made by services
17:15that are precisely linked to this work
17:19on the territory, but also through
17:22field investigations that are carried out by the services
17:25concerned to focus on the supply
17:28of the national market.
17:31Of course, in the perspective of the month of Ramadan,
17:34but beyond. And of course, the results
17:37that are collected leave us reassured
17:40in relation to the state of general supply
17:43which denotes a certain abundance
17:47of different products,
17:50notably the products that are widely consumed
17:53during this sacred month.
17:56Will price control be guaranteed?
17:59What do you think, Mr. Komat?
18:02Indeed, in fact,
18:05price control is done in a way
18:08I would say usual.
18:11In fact, these are services that have
18:14a responsibility with the prefectural authorities,
18:17but we must in fact remember that these services,
18:20I would say, intensify their role
18:23and their mission and their teams during the month of Ramadan.
18:26We know the sensitivity of the month of Ramadan,
18:29especially for the consumer.
18:32And of course, by assuming their responsibility,
18:35these services intensify these control missions.
18:38So, of course, there is work being done
18:42by the concerned services to ensure,
18:45first of all, of course,
18:48the availability of products.
18:51And this is done in the context, I would say,
18:54of a triad that makes this circuit,
18:57namely the productive apparatus,
19:00distribution and marketing.
19:03And it must be said that there is work being done
19:06in advance with concerned economic actors,
19:09especially for sensitive products
19:12with which the authorities are in contact
19:15to ensure that the production apparatus runs normally,
19:18that there are enough stocks,
19:21that there are enough products, I would say,
19:24reserved, especially for the period of intensity.
19:27And the results that are collected
19:30reassure us that there is,
19:33I would say, a dynamic at the level of production that is normal,
19:36which will ensure, of course,
19:39the continuity of the supply of markets.
19:42So, of course, there is also the distribution circuit
19:45so that there is fluidity
19:48at the level of supply and, of course,
19:51commercialization. This means that really the final step,
19:54the relationship with the consumer,
19:57so that all the points of sale are,
20:00I would say, equipped with the necessary products.
20:03On the operational level,
20:06how will the authorities coordinate
20:09the quality of the products
20:12and the safety of consumers?
20:17Indeed, this is a second objective.
20:20The first objective, of course, are the prices.
20:23We must fight against all speculation,
20:26all that is abusive monopoly.
20:29And the second objective is, of course,
20:32the health of the citizen.
20:35And, of course, there are also services that are concerned
20:38with the verification, of course, of the products,
20:41the health of the citizen.
20:44It is placed as a priority at the level of this operation.
20:47And, of course, there is also a mobilization
20:50of services that do their job, I would say, daily.
20:53But there is an intensified role
20:56that has a particularity during the month of Ramadan.
21:00The nature of the products that circulate during the month of Ramadan.
21:03And on that level, of course,
21:06there is a sensitivity to this role intensifying.
21:09I believe that there is an awareness today
21:12of the instructions that are given at different levels,
21:15at the level of the prefectural authorities,
21:18that indeed everyone should play their role,
21:21because it is true that the health and safety of the citizen
21:24remains a priority for our payer, for the Moroccan citizen,
21:27which is assumed by competent authorities.
21:31Permanent cells have been set up
21:36at the level of prefectures and provinces
21:39intended for consumers.
21:42What is, first of all, the role of these cells,
21:46if you can tell us a little more about it,
21:49and then what are their objectives?
21:53In fact, there is, beyond supply
21:56and beyond the fight against fraud,
21:59there is the communication dimension that is part of the strategies
22:02that came out of this meeting.
22:05Communication with the actors,
22:08whether they are citizens or merchants.
22:11And of course, there are also call centers,
22:14listening centers, green numbers
22:17that are available to the citizen
22:20to report any fraud or anomaly,
22:23whether in terms of price or on a sanitary level.
22:26And of course, the role of these permanent cells
22:29is to receive complaints,
22:32these calls, and to react in an instantaneous way.
22:35And this implies a permanence.
22:38It is not a punctual work,
22:41it is a work that should be continued day and night.
22:44And of course, there are services that will be dedicated
22:47in a permanent way to this effect.
22:50But what I wanted to mention as a resolution
22:53at the level of this meeting,
22:56is the communication aspect and the response aspect
22:59to this communication through permanent centers,
23:02permanent cells, to respond to any anomaly
23:05or any observation, whether by the authorities
23:08or by the citizen.
23:12Mr Abdultaif Komat,
23:15thank you for all these clarifications.
23:18I remind you that you are the Dean
23:21of the Faculty of Juridical, Economic and Social Sciences
23:24of Casablanca.
23:27Thank you for the invitation. See you next time.
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