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00:00Welcome everyone, I am delighted to see you for a new edition of the major newscast
00:21Mediamorn.
00:22Here are the headlines.
00:25In Morocco, the 2025 financial law project includes governmental measures, even to consecrate
00:33the social state, according to the Minister-Delegate in charge of relations with the parliament
00:38spokesman of the government, Mustapha Baïtass.
00:42A UN special committee judged on Thursday that the methods of war used by Israel in
00:49Gaza presented the characteristics of a genocide.
00:53Human Rights Watch estimates that forced displacement in Gaza is a crime against humanity.
01:06In Senegal, today is the end of the election campaign.
01:10Candidates have until midnight tonight to convince voters.
01:15Senegalese are called to elect 165 deputies for five years.
01:24The 2025 financial law project includes governmental measures, even to consecrate the social state.
01:33The Minister-Delegate in charge of relations with the parliament spokesman of the government,
01:38Mustapha Baïtass, said that the executive increased the education budget to 85.6 billion
01:47dirhams, so that the budget is dedicated to the health sector, which rises to 32.57 billion dirhams.
01:54These measures include, in particular, the construction of educational establishments,
01:59a greater attention given to teaching staff, the regulation of a certain number of files,
02:05the construction of hospitals, the investment in human resources, the increase in the number
02:10of doctors and the massive investment in medical equipment.
02:15Morocco sends a massive help to Spain to support its efforts against the devastating floods
02:23that hit the region of Valence.
02:27An initiative that shows the solidarity of the Kingdom towards this neighboring and close country of Morocco.
02:36From the north of Morocco, 25 firetrucks arrive at the port of Motril in southern Spain.
02:42Their destination is the region of Valence, the most affected by deadly floods.
02:48The convoy includes no less than 70 specialized workers.
02:52They are on a mission to participate in the rehabilitation work of the affected areas.
02:56Moroccan trucks have the necessary equipment to carry out the priority task,
03:01i.e. the cleaning of the mud and the unclogging of the sewers,
03:05according to the delegate of the government in Valence, Pilar Bernabé.
03:08Morocco was one of the first countries to offer its help after the floods of October 29,
03:13according to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
03:16Shortly after the floods, His Majesty King Mohammed VI ordered the Minister of the Interior
03:21to contact his Spanish counterpart to inform him of his total willingness to send rescue teams
03:27and provide all the necessary help to the Iberian neighbors.
03:30The sovereign also reiterated his condolences and his solidarity with the Spanish authorities
03:35and the families of the victims.
03:37In addition to Moroccan aid, the Valence region has also activated the European Civil Protection Mechanism,
03:44a device that allows other countries, such as France and Portugal,
03:48to join their efforts in international support.
03:51The floods caused by an intense storm named Dana have killed at least 214 people
03:57in just eight hours, the storm to overthrow the equivalent of a year of rain,
04:01while scientists estimate that the intensity of this meteorological phenomenon
04:06could be linked to climate change.
04:11A UN special committee on Thursday judged that the methods of war used by Israel in Gaza
04:17presented the characteristics of a genocide.
04:20Human Rights Watch estimates that the forced displacement of Gazans
04:25constitutes a crime against humanity.
04:28Israel has rejected as totally false the accusations of Human Rights Watch,
04:33but has not yet commented on the conclusions of the UN Committee.
04:39The United States has disapproved without equivocation the conclusions of the UN report
04:43in a report covering the period from October 7, 2023 to July 2024.
04:48The UN Special Committee is alarmed by the massive civilian losses
04:52and the use of famine as a weapon of war.
04:55This is not the first time that Israel has been the subject of such accusations
04:58since the beginning of the war.
05:00More than a year ago, in another report published on Thursday,
05:04the UN Human Rights Watch states that the repeated evacuation orders
05:10of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip
05:13lead to forced displacement of populations constituting a crime against humanity.
05:21In the news, American President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping
05:26arrived in Lima yesterday to participate at the summit of the Pacific Asian countries,
05:31within which they have planned a meeting in the midst of a tense climate
05:36before the return in January of Donald Trump to power.
05:39The American and Chinese presidents participate at the summit of the Economic Cooperation for Pacific Asia,
05:44which brings together 21 countries, making up 60% of the world's GDP.
05:50The forum opened on Thursday with a ministerial meeting in Huiclo.
05:55The heads of state or government will meet on Friday and Saturday.
05:59Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart are scheduled to meet on Saturday
06:02on the brink of the summit with the aim of reducing tensions between their two countries.
06:09It will be their third meeting and the second in a little over a year.
06:14Both will then go to the G20 in Brazil.
06:24In Senegal, today is the end of the electoral campaign.
06:29Candidates have until midnight tonight to convince voters.
06:35Senegalese elect their deputies this Sunday.
06:38The 7.3 million registered voters can confirm their choice of March
06:44by giving a parliamentary majority to President Bassirou Diomayfay
06:49and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.
06:52Senegalese are called to elect 165 deputies for five years.
06:58Without the support of the legislative, the executive would have a hard time keeping its electoral promises.
07:03The executive needs a majority of three fifths to revise the constitution as promised
07:08without going through the referendum.
07:16In Côte d'Ivoire, the review of the electoral list is in full swing.
07:19The review phase, which was initially due to end on November 10,
07:25was extended by the government for a week until November 17.
07:29The Ivorian youth says they are present,
07:32while some young people hesitate to sign up for other votes.
07:36This enrollment is an essential civic duty.
07:39Elberchel Hermandogou reports.
07:47A few days after the end of the electoral review,
07:50some young people do not seem to be in a hurry to sign up for the electoral lists.
07:55I'm not interested.
07:58This year, I decided to enroll and vote.
08:03I don't have the time to go there yet.
08:06If I had the time, I would go.
08:11However, in other centers, young people are mobilizing to fulfill their civic duty.
08:16For them, signing up for the electoral lists is a crucial step
08:20to actively participate in the future of their country during the presidential election of 2025.
08:27I have been voting since 2010.
08:30I am on the electoral list.
08:32I will vote in 2025.
08:34When you are 18 years old, you have to enroll to be able to choose your president.
08:38The future of tomorrow belongs to the youth.
08:40It is this youth, from today, who must anticipate and make decisions,
08:44who must choose their leader.
08:46But to choose their leader, you have to go through enrollment.
08:49If you don't enroll, if you don't enroll,
08:52you can't participate in the decisions of tomorrow.
08:54Your choice can't influence it.
08:56But you have to enroll so that tomorrow, on the moon,
08:58you can choose the one that is good for you or not.
09:03Approximately 40 new applicants are enrolled per day in this enrollment center.
09:08One question remains, however, in suspense.
09:11Will the quota of 4.5 million new applicants,
09:14escorted by the Independent Electoral Commission,
09:17be met by the end of the extension date?
09:23The 20th edition of the Cinema and Migration Festival continues in Agadir.
09:29A tribute will be given to two female figures of Moroccan cinema.
09:33Actress Naïma Mchalki died on October 5th.
09:36And actress Houda Rihani, member of the long-film jury.
09:40The edition proposes a rich and diversified program.
09:44A report signed by Idriss Boussalhan, the story, and by Souheil Jalil.
09:50The story of migration is illustrated in Agadir.
09:53The 20th edition of the Cinema and Migration Festival aims to offer
09:57a space for interaction between filmmakers and the public,
10:00by presenting various works,
10:02expressing the experiences of immigrants and their stories.
10:05Through these films, the festival also highlights
10:08the multiple challenges and hopes related to migration.
10:12The program of this festival is illustrated by its richness.
10:16Several people are so smooth.
10:18Filmmakers of different ages are also competing,
10:21which highly distinguishes this edition.
10:24Through culture and art, touching on the theme of migration,
10:28this festival has marked several generations for 20 years,
10:32focusing on the diversity of cultures.
10:35Through culture and art, touching on the theme of migration,
10:39this festival has marked several generations for 20 years,
10:43focusing on the diversity of cultures.
10:50This event highlights the diversity of African film productions
10:54orbiting the theme of migration that the world knows.
10:58In particular, several Arab countries such as Palestine,
11:01Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt.
11:04In parallel to the projections,
11:06debates will be organized throughout the festival days
11:09to explore the challenges of African cinema and its perspectives of growth.
11:13Topics such as production, distribution, and training
11:17will be addressed, thus strengthening the Pan-African anchorage of the festival.
11:24Here is the guest of the Média 1 Morning.
11:27Senegalese are called to the polls on Sunday, November 17,
11:31to elect their MPs.
11:33The PASTEF party, led by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko,
11:37is one of the main players in this election.
11:40He has to face the Senegalese Taku Walou coalition,
11:43which brings together the Senegalese Democratic Party,
11:46led by former President Abdoulaye Ouad,
11:49and the Alliance for the Republic, led by former leader Macky Sall.
11:53Despite the call for a peaceful election,
11:56launched by President Basseroudiou Maïfaye,
11:59the November 17 legislative campaign is marked by a number of incidents.
12:04To talk about this, we are live with Bachir Thiam,
12:07journalist and specialist in public relations.
12:10Hello, Bachir Thiam.
12:12Thank you for accepting our invitation.
12:17Hello to you too, and thank you for inviting me.
12:21The battle for the conquest of the National Assembly in Senegal
12:25is coming to an end this Friday,
12:28and the various protagonists are fiercely rivaling
12:31a campaign that remains marked by tensions.
12:34What is your take on this campaign?
12:39As you said, it is a very, very violent campaign.
12:44In any case, what concerns us,
12:46I had the chance to spend a few days in Senegal last month,
12:51during the campaign, in full swing.
12:54Everywhere, there are scenes of desolation.
12:57It is a violent campaign, physically.
13:01It is a bit of an out-of-control population,
13:05and heated up in white,
13:07if I may use this expression, by the political leaders.
13:10They really push to attack people
13:13who have nothing to do with politics,
13:16because they are goods that have been plundered,
13:19cars that have also been burned.
13:21Today, when we talk,
13:23we are talking about an arrested person,
13:26because, in the end,
13:28the police and justice are in series.
13:31Everywhere, everywhere in Senegal,
13:33even in the most reputed and calm cities,
13:36because Senegal is a very peaceful country,
13:39it does not know violence.
13:41But today, Senegalese politics has embarked on us,
13:44in any case, it has forced us to fight physically.
13:48So, it is violence in the verb,
13:50it is physical violence,
13:52caused to the good and to the people.
13:55So, a little everywhere,
13:57really, the campaign was marked by that.
13:59There were also political dynamics in the balance,
14:02in terms of coalitions that are formed here and there,
14:06in terms of rapprochement,
14:08in terms of what they call the transition,
14:10that is, to leave their camp for another camp,
14:12for political interests, simply.
14:14All this has trivialized politics,
14:16and it becomes a kind of physical and verbal
14:19competition,
14:21before it becomes a campaign of ideas or programs.
14:27Bachir Thiam, after the incidents that occurred in Saint-Louis,
14:31the Minister of the Interior of Senegal
14:34called the political actors,
14:36she restrained these tensions,
14:39did they weaken?
14:43Yes, it still allowed to calm the fervor a little,
14:46because in the beginning it was even carried out by the party in power,
14:49I mention again the current Prime Minister,
14:52who is also the leader of FIL,
14:54the leader of the PASTEF,
14:56the party in power,
15:00and it was he who called at one point
15:03his voters to give a shot,
15:06or what they call Gaxe Gaxe.
15:08So, it simply means,
15:10you give me a shot, I give you two.
15:13It was he himself who threw the oil on the fire.
15:16The exit of the Minister of the Interior
15:19allowed to calm a little.
15:21He himself came back on his statement
15:23simply saying, don't attack them,
15:25don't even answer anymore if you are physically attacked.
15:28But he still carried the combat.
15:31It's true, these are the caravans
15:33who were the most attacked at the beginning.
15:35It's stone jets, it's get-upons,
15:38it's a whole.
15:40It's an urban guerrilla
15:42that they had created
15:44for almost three weeks.
15:46The campaign lasted for a month,
15:48for three weeks, it was really violent.
15:50It calmed down in the last week
15:52because finally everyone came back to the region
15:55and there were calls here and there
15:57to calm down the attacks.
15:59The electoral campaign took place
16:01in a difficult context,
16:03coming out of a political and social crisis.
16:06This forced the candidates
16:08to position themselves on a large number of subjects.
16:11What were the main themes of this campaign?
16:17And what can we learn from the programs of the candidates?
16:23The programs, it's too much to say
16:25because they didn't have the time to carry them out.
16:28One month is too short.
16:30Everyone was driven by speed
16:32because it must be remembered
16:34that it is a campaign
16:36following the dissolution of the National Assembly,
16:38which was brutal.
16:40No one expected it.
16:41We were out of the elections in just five months
16:43before we left again,
16:45so they weren't ready.
16:47Some leaders are still abroad,
16:49including the last president to leave,
16:51Macky Sall,
16:53who is also the leader
16:55of the Taku-Walo Senegal coalition.
16:57You mentioned President Ouad.
16:59It's a party coalition.
17:01Today we have 41 coalitions
17:04and political parties in competition.
17:07They really didn't have time to carry out their programs.
17:11There was a lot, for example, of invective.
17:13The campaign was more about the personality,
17:17the strong political personalities
17:19that have emerged in recent times.
17:22President Macky Sall, of course,
17:24but also Ousmane Senghor,
17:26Amodou Ba, the Prime Minister,
17:28or the mayor of Dakar, Barthelemy Diaz.
17:31These are the four big heads
17:33that have really emerged.
17:36The campaign was more about these people
17:38and their personalities
17:40than about our programs and promises.
17:42Otherwise, the rest is promises.
17:44It was all electoral promises.
17:46You told me,
17:47I'm going to change the country.
17:49It repeats itself over and over again,
17:51without necessarily budgeting,
17:53unfolding,
17:54and then explaining how to achieve it.
17:56But it's still promises for the moment.
17:59The candidates face multiple challenges.
18:03The economic issue was at the heart of the campaign.
18:07What do you think?
18:09Yes, of course,
18:10because the party in power
18:13was elected on the promise of changing Senegal.
18:16Well, it's too early for reality.
18:20Even if Senegal was a country
18:22much more advanced than that,
18:24it's too early to change a country in five, six months.
18:26It's not possible.
18:27They were elected in May.
18:29It's been almost eight months.
18:31They had promised,
18:33and after five months,
18:34they realized that if they continued
18:36with the National Assembly
18:38that they inherited from the past,
18:41it couldn't do them any good.
18:43So they said,
18:44the president has decided to dissolve the Assembly,
18:46to reconvoke it,
18:47and now to push the Senegalese
18:49to give the majority to parliament,
18:51because it's the only way for him
18:53to carry out his program.
18:55Maybe he can bring the promises,
18:58or at least bring the reforms
19:00that he promised to his voters.
19:02But during this entire legislative campaign,
19:07the message was to say,
19:10now that you have elected me,
19:12with 54%,
19:14give me full power at the National Assembly.
19:17You will see,
19:18I will carry out my promised program
19:20during the presidential campaign.
19:22I think that's for sure
19:23what is at stake in today's elections.
19:26And the Senegalese,
19:27you have to remember,
19:28they have this culture
19:29of renewing themselves.
19:31If they elect someone as president,
19:33they also generally give him
19:35the parliamentary majority.
19:36But this time,
19:37we have to say that the opposition
19:39for this legislative campaign
19:41is very, very strong.
19:42It was led by former president Macky Sall,
19:44and then there was the coalition
19:46around PDS,
19:48President Ouad,
19:49large political parties around.
19:51And then, by the way,
19:52there is also the coalition
19:53led by the mayor of Dakar
19:54and the Prime Minister.
19:55So, these are the big coalitions
19:56that are really in the opposition,
19:58even if it is divided at times.
20:00But these are very powerful oppositions
20:02that could perhaps
20:03hinder the absolute majority.
20:05Because today,
20:06if we don't have the three parliamentary systems.
20:09Mr. Tam,
20:11let's talk about the prospects.
20:13What are the envisageable prospects
20:15for the next election?
20:18Well,
20:19I had anticipated that.
20:21If there is a logic,
20:22precisely because the past
20:23has not been elected to the presidential election,
20:2654% of them in the first round.
20:29I said that Senegalese
20:31should normally give him
20:33the majority
20:35for his parliamentary list.
20:39Because it is only at this moment
20:40that he will be able to run his program.
20:42This is how they have also
20:44carried out their legislative campaigns
20:46by simply saying to the Senegalese,
20:48you trusted us.
20:50Now, if you want us to run without chains,
20:53because we will be a majority in parliament,
20:55give us that majority.
20:57And also, they have behind their heads
20:59the idea of bringing back
21:01the presidential election in Senegal
21:03for what they call
21:05the recount.
21:06Because there,
21:07they can't do it
21:08if they don't have the majority,
21:09because they have their immunity.
21:11So, the prospects are much more political.
21:15At least for the past in power.
21:17But for the Senegalese population,
21:19the prospect is the same,
21:20it is economic.
21:21So, we have to meet the needs
21:23and expectations of the Senegalese,
21:24which are numerous,
21:25especially for the employment of young people
21:27in this kind of state.
21:28More than 20% today.
21:29And then the immigration departures
21:31continue non-stop.
21:33So, I think these are the fundamental questions
21:35on which, perhaps,
21:37the prospects for the future are expected.
21:41Can we say
21:43that we are entering
21:44a new political cycle,
21:46a new page
21:48of political and democratic life
21:51in Senegal?
21:54Yes, yes, inevitably.
21:55Because there are already
21:56new authorities in power.
21:58It's been 12 years
22:00since the loss of Maguissal
22:02and his supporters, his coalition.
22:04So, it's an opposition
22:06that has been there,
22:07that has been fighting for a few years
22:09against this power,
22:11which has been brought into affairs
22:13for eight months now.
22:15So, if they manage to win
22:18the legislative elections,
22:20that means they will be a majority in the Assembly,
22:22they will run their program.
22:24So, inevitably,
22:25it's a new policy,
22:26but it's very, very ambitious promises
22:28that they have made.
22:30They promised to change Senegal.
22:31They even promised to review everything
22:35that Senegal has signed
22:37as a business partnership,
22:40to review whether it was
22:41at the advantage or not of Senegal.
22:43So, all this really promises
22:45a new political page,
22:47new political stories
22:49that must be written.
22:51It's not obvious,
22:52it can't be done
22:53in a flash of light,
22:54that's clear.
22:55And it is in this,
22:56perhaps, certainly,
22:57that we will witness
22:59new political sequences,
23:01very, very, very powerful,
23:02soon, moreover.
23:03Last question,
23:04Mr. Bachertiame,
23:06in relation to the participation,
23:08should we expect,
23:10this Sunday, November 17th,
23:12a participation rate?
23:17What are your predictions?
23:21Well, it must be very strong,
23:23because, precisely,
23:24it is an attempt,
23:25we are still in the continuity
23:27of the presidential election,
23:29it is almost the third meeting
23:30that is currently being played,
23:31because, as I reminded them,
23:34the parties in power today,
23:36in any case,
23:37Monsanto and its supporters,
23:40because it is he who leads the campaign,
23:42it is he who is the leader,
23:44they need this majority.
23:45So, I think they will mobilize again,
23:47as they did at the presidential election,
23:49we had stolen 70% of the participation,
23:51which is huge in our countries,
23:53and I think the Senegalese
23:55are very, very politicized,
23:56they are very, very mobilized
23:57for power in the last 15 years,
23:59it is really strong participation
24:02in the elections,
24:03whether they are presidential or legislative,
24:05because they are elections of proximity,
24:07it must be said that they are people
24:09who fight political battles,
24:10they are not political programs,
24:12they are parties,
24:13many people,
24:14so it will be very, very powerful.
24:16Mr. Bachir Thiam,
24:18thank you for answering our questions,
24:21I remind you that you are a journalist
24:23and a specialist in public relations.
24:27Thank you, goodbye.
24:29This is how this edition ends.
24:31Thank you for following it and staying with us.
24:33The training continues on Mediinterview.