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00:00Hello everyone, I am delighted to see you for this new information meeting on Médien-TV.
00:22In Morocco, the bill on the strike was finally adopted in commission in the House of Representatives.
00:32After a night of debate, 300 amendments were brought to the text, which has long aroused controversy.
00:38In Syria, the rebels are at the gates of the key city of Hama.
00:46There is a violent fight against the Syrian army in this strategic city by its location to the rebels.
00:56In Korea, President Jeon Song-il is threatened with resignation after attempting to impose martial law yesterday, before withdrawing under the pressure of the opposition and the street.
01:12And we start this newspaper in Morocco.
01:16Long in the drawers of successive governments, then of the Parliament, the bill on the strike was finally voted in commission in the House of Representatives.
01:26After a night of debate in the Parliament, the Commission of Social Sectors in the House of Representatives adopted in the majority this morning the bill that defines the conditions and methods of exercise of the right to strike.
01:41The text was approved by 22 votes for and 7 against, without any abstention.
01:48More than 300 amendments have been brought to this bill, which has long aroused controversy.
02:00Morocco and the European Union want to reestablish and strengthen their strategic partnership.
02:07In Brussels, the President of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metzola,
02:16agreed yesterday on a roadmap for the restarting of relations between the Moroccan and European Parliaments.
02:24The objective is to restart cooperation and overcome all the dysfunctions that have entrenched these relations.
02:31To take up the words of Rachid Talbi Alami, who made this visit to the European Hemicycle at the invitation of the President of the European Parliament,
02:39the President of the House of Representatives, who insisted on the need for respect for Moroccan conditions in order to ensure better relations between the two legislative institutions.
02:53Zakaria Abou-Dahab, Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Mohamed V in Rabat,
03:02returns on the scope of this agreement on relations between the Moroccan and European Parliaments. Let's listen to him together.
03:10You know, Madam, we must recall the context of the creation of the mixed parliamentary commission between Morocco and the European Union.
03:19It was a follow-up to the advanced statute. It was made in 2010, and since that date there have been meetings on both sides
03:27in order to activate the concept of parliamentary diplomacy and at the same time to give more operational content to the advanced statute
03:35which concerns a party linked to political and strategic dialogue. And so the dialogue between the two parliaments is part of it.
03:43Second essential point. After a kind of suspension of this cooperation, in the context of the events that we all know,
03:51Morocco-Gates, of course, the accusations so vain in relation to the use of a so-called spyware, Pegasus, etc.
04:01Today I would like to mention two or three essential points.
04:05The first is the nomination, by His Majesty, of a Moroccan ambassador to the European Union in the person of Mossadegh Dachemme.
04:14This is important, and it was a positive sign that Morocco gave to the European Union following the reconstitution of the European Parliament
04:22consecutively in the elections of June 2024. This is very important.
04:26Secondly, the second aspect is also the French recognition of Morocco's full sovereignty.
04:33You may be wondering what the link is. Well, the Macronian group, the Macronists in the European Parliament
04:41before June 2024 had normally played a role that was not at all in line with Morocco's strategic interests.
04:48And today, with this reconstruction, we could say that there has been a rectification of this injustice.
04:54And the third aspect is the prospects, because the European Parliament is elected for a five-year mandate
05:00and we therefore have in front of us a necessary workshop in order to restore cooperation between the two parliaments,
05:08as has been the case in the interviews between the two heads of the hemispheres, the Moroccan Parliament,
05:14the House of Representatives and the European Parliament.
05:18In the rest of the news, Morocco is undertaking a new attempt at illegal appropriation of its heritage by Algeria with UNESCO.
05:28The Kingdom succeeded this morning in Paraguay in undertaking a new attempt by Algeria
05:33aimed at illegally appropriating the Moroccan immaterial heritage.
05:38It is an attempt by Algeria to introduce an image of the traditional Moroccan kaftan
05:44in a file concerning an Algerian garment, which prompted Morocco's ambassador to UNESCO, Samir Dahr,
05:51to file an official protest.
05:53And for the first time in UNESCO's history, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Preservation of Immaterial Cultural Heritage
06:01has resisted the protest of Morocco and has decided to withdraw the image of the Moroccan kaftan from the Algerian file
06:08following the solid evidence provided by the Moroccan delegation.
06:17In international news, in Syria, the rebels are at the gates of the key city of Hama.
06:24Fighting against the Syrian army, supported by Russian aviation,
06:29the rebels in this fourth strategic city of the country, due to its location between Aleppo and Damascus.
06:36More details with Raja Ingo.
06:41According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, OSDESH,
06:44the regime's forces launched a counter-offensive after midnight.
06:48With an aerial cover supported by Russian aviation,
06:51they were able to repel the fighters of the rebel coalition.
06:54The army fought fiercely, especially in the north of the province of Hama,
06:59while important reinforcements arrived in the city.
07:01Clouds of black smoke rose from the city of Sourane,
07:04about 20 km north of Hama, where refugees sat in vehicles
07:09while rebel fighters brandished their weapons patrolling the pick-up.
07:14On the spot, Syrians formed a volunteer rescue group for the victims.
07:21There was an air strike targeting a residential neighborhood,
07:24killing and injuring many civilians, spreading attacks everywhere.
07:28Thousands of people were able to flee to the camps,
07:31and the situation deteriorated rapidly at the time we spoke.
07:35We closely monitor everything that happens.
07:40The Syrian army had announced that it was sending reinforcements to the region,
07:43which slowed down the progression of the rebels over the last two days.
07:48It added that it was striking terrorist organizations,
07:51their positions and their bases in the Hama region and in the Idlib province, further north.
07:56Reacting to the escalation in Syria,
07:58the UN was alarmed by the rapid escalation of violence in Syria
08:02and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
08:10The current situation on the ground is concerning.
08:13We monitor what is happening very closely
08:15and we will continue to collaborate with our partners in the region
08:19to find a solution to the conflict and bring the situation back to calm.
08:26As a reminder, the armed groups have already seized the key city of Saraqib,
08:31northwest of Syria, in the province of Idlib.
08:33Hama and Idlib are strategic cities,
08:36because they are located in the center of the country,
08:38connecting the city of Aleppo, already occupied, to the capital Damascus.
08:44International news is also marked by this political crisis in Korea,
08:48where the president is threatened with resignation
08:51after attempting to impose martial law.
08:54Yoon Suk-hyol announced yesterday the implementation of martial law
08:58during a surprise hearing,
09:00accusing the opposition of being hostile forces to the state,
09:04while there is currently a disagreement on the budget.
09:07As soon as it was announced, troops were deployed
09:10and army helicopters landed on the roof of the parliament.
09:14The deputies were still able to meet in disaster
09:17to adopt a resolution demanding the abrogation of the measure.
09:21This is what the Korean president did after a few hours
09:24under the pressure of the deputies and the street.
09:31Back to Morocco with this question.
09:34What role can the desalination of seawater play
09:37in the sustainable management of water resources?
09:40This is the question developed yesterday at an international workshop
09:44organized in Rabat by the National Office of Drinking Water
09:49and the U.S. Embassy in Morocco.
09:52The workshop was attended by accredited American experts
09:56and more than 100 participants from both countries.
09:59I invite you to follow this report by Maha Jamal,
10:02Youssef Oumou and Sheyma El Fikry.
10:08This technical workshop focuses on the perspectives
10:11and axes of development of desalination technologies.
10:14High-level presentations have also taken place
10:17by accredited American experts in the field
10:20of sustainable management of water resources.
10:23This event is organized by the National Office of Electricity
10:26and Drinking Water as part of its national strategy
10:29aimed at achieving the objectives of Morocco
10:32in terms of water and energy management.
10:35Under the directives of His Majesty the King,
10:38the UN and all the devices work
10:41to ensure water resources for our kingdom.
10:45Through the various sources of supply,
10:48unconventional waters are also used,
10:51including seawater desalination.
10:54Today, Morocco enjoys an important experience
10:57through seawater desalination.
11:00To date, we have more than 16 operational seawater desalination stations,
11:03including a station that is important in terms of size in Agadir.
11:06We are developing a dozen of these desalination stations
11:09and the most important one is the one in Casablanca,
11:12with more than 300 million cubic meters per year,
11:15which is the largest in Africa
11:18and the second largest on an international scale.
11:21We will continue to develop a set of other stations
11:24throughout the territory.
11:27The workshop dealt with subjects of great importance
11:30related to desalination,
11:33including the reduction of production costs,
11:36the combination with renewable energies
11:39and the sharing of different experiences and expertise
11:42between Morocco and the United States.
11:52We are proud of this partnership with Morocco in this area.
11:55During this week, it is planned to bring technical experts
11:58from the United States to work with the Moroccan parties.
12:01This is a full week of debate on a very important area
12:04for the Kingdom of Morocco,
12:07but also for the United States, namely the shortage of water.
12:10In both countries, we suffer like many other regions of the world.
12:13This meeting is essentially about sharing the expertise
12:16and the knowledge necessary.
12:22The event was an opportunity for the National Office of Electricity
12:25and Drinking Water to open to innovation.
12:28The objective was to highlight the current and future challenges
12:31related to water and energy
12:34and to accelerate the transition to more durable and resilient models.
12:39And now, let's move on to another page dedicated
12:42to the International Film Festival in Marrakech.
12:45In the 21st edition of the International Film Festival in Marrakech,
12:48a tribute was paid to the Moroccan actress
12:51Feu Na'im al-Msharqi,
12:54our special envoy, Ilhan Barada,
12:57and Hayat Saadat.
13:00The film was made in Marrakech.
13:03The film was made in Marrakech.
13:06The film was made in Marrakech.
13:09The film was made in Marrakech.
13:12Our special envoy, Ilhan Barada and Hayat Ziani
13:15have collected some reactions
13:18from the artists who came to participate in this tribute.
13:21I invite you to listen to them.
13:24There is a lot of pride.
13:27There is pain and grief, which is normal.
13:30But there is a lot of pride tonight
13:33because it is the entire artistic and cinematographic community of Morocco
13:36that will pay a posthumous tribute to her.
13:39I am sure that we will hear a lot of messages of love
13:42because my mother was an authentic woman.
13:45She was an exceptional Moroccan woman
13:48with everything that this word means.
13:51with everything that this word means.
13:54Feu Na'im al-Msharqi is a weight.
13:57Whether he is with you or not,
14:00we feel his presence.
14:03We feel his positive side.
14:06He supported the film when it was there.
14:09And now he continues to support it, even if he is not there.
14:12And we continue to believe that he is still among us.
14:15And we continue to believe that he is still among us.
14:18The first time we worked together was in search of my wife's husband.
14:21It was the first time I met him.
14:24I have a wonderful memory of the experience
14:27and of Na'im in particular
14:30because she was very kind,
14:33very generous in the game,
14:36in her human relations.
14:39She was like a mother to me.
14:42I keep only two great films.
14:45And an example to follow.
14:48And to follow her career and to represent Morocco as well.
14:51It is an honor for me to be invited
14:54to come especially for this evening
14:57since I was not at the opening.
15:00To honor her, to pay tribute to her
15:03and to honor her as she deserves with her great career.
15:06I regret Na'im Al-Mushrikeh
15:09because he never played with me.
15:12And yet I was among his fans because I love him.
15:15Na'im Al-Mushrikeh is a comedian, he is not an actress
15:18because he came from the theater,
15:21because he worked with Thierry Stiery,
15:24he worked with Abdelhamid Tezi,
15:27he worked a lot with all Moroccan directors.
15:30The last film we will see tonight,
15:33with Mohamed Mouftakeh,
15:36he was generous, he was disciplined.
15:39For me, Na'im Al-Mushrikeh is an example.
15:42We lost a great lady,
15:45a lady who embodies strength,
15:48who embodies the free Moroccan lady
15:51who embodies the free Moroccan lady,
15:54a real one.
15:57We loved each other a lot,
16:00she called me Asma El-Eziza.
16:03Tonight, I have a little bit of a broken heart
16:06but I love her a lot.
16:22And right away,
16:25our guest from the Grand Journal.
16:28We said it in our newsreels,
16:31long in the drawers of successive governments
16:34and then of the Parliament,
16:37the bill on the strike was finally voted on
16:40in the House of Representatives.
16:43It was this morning.
16:46And to come back to this burning file,
16:50we have Mr. Ali Renbouri,
16:53President of the Center for Economic and Social Prospection.
16:56Mr. Renbouri, good morning
16:59and thank you for accepting our invitation.
17:02Good morning.
17:05First of all,
17:08to put our viewers in the context,
17:11we remind you that this bill on the strike
17:14was first elaborated several years ago.
17:17Why was this reform so crucial,
17:20barely born and remained for several years
17:23in the drawers of successive governments?
17:26Yes, quite agree.
17:29We can even qualify this vote
17:32today as a vote
17:35or a historical moment.
17:38A historical moment, knowing that it is a law
17:41that took more than 60 years.
17:44The first constitution of Morocco in 1960
17:47was a 60-year delay
17:50for several arguments.
17:53There were political arguments,
17:56social arguments,
17:59the absence of a balance
18:02between the interests of workers
18:05and the interests of society.
18:08There were several arguments
18:11that led to a consensus
18:14to see the day
18:17or to allow this law to see the day.
18:20But today we have reached
18:23a certain maturity
18:26that allowed
18:29this vote today.
18:32Knowing that the interest of this vote
18:35or the interest of bringing out
18:38this law, the strike law,
18:41will have a significant impact
18:44on different sectors,
18:47whether political, economic or social,
18:50even in the field of law.
18:53Knowing that today
18:56Morocco is developing
18:59its new development model
19:02where Morocco wants to change
19:05several things.
19:08One of these things is investment.
19:11Morocco wants to achieve
19:14two-thirds of investment.
19:17To achieve this strategic goal,
19:20Morocco needs to make
19:23several reforms in terms of
19:26climate and above all
19:29at the legal level.
19:32To achieve this,
19:35we must have a legal visibility
19:38on several axes
19:41and on several domains.
19:44Among these strategic axes
19:47is the strike.
19:50Because it is unacceptable
19:53today in the Morocco of the new
19:56development model,
19:59the progress and the total transformation
20:02in order to transfer money
20:05to emerging countries,
20:08not to have...
20:11Your idea is clear.
20:14Thank you for the context.
20:17You said it, you used the term consensus.
20:20There is today a beginning of consensus
20:23since the legislative circuit is still long.
20:26But today, after one night of debate,
20:29the Commission of Social Sectors
20:32adopted this bill
20:35which defines the conditions
20:38of this strike law.
20:41What do we know about this text?
20:44First of all, we must mention
20:47that the government has been open
20:50on the different proposals,
20:53from trade unions to trade unions,
20:56and even answered this text.
20:59We do not have the documentation
21:02to show that,
21:05according to what came out
21:08of this commission,
21:11we can say that the government
21:14has been able to respond
21:17to the recommendations of institutions
21:21on several points.
21:24The text of the vote
21:27was really a consensus text,
21:30not just with the components
21:33of the Commission,
21:36but rather this consensus
21:39was extended to the different components
21:42of the Moroccan society.
21:45For the changes or amendments
21:48to the most important amendments,
21:51I think today that it was unacceptable
21:54to pass a 60-year law
21:57without having a preamble.
22:00A law of such importance
22:03as the strike law
22:06which does not have a preamble.
22:09Today, I think that there is a preamble.
22:12I also think that the new law
22:15has clear definitions
22:18on the modalities of war.
22:21It also defines very well
22:24the rights of the two parties,
22:27whether it is the unions,
22:30and it has been able to suppress
22:33several times
22:36the rights of the two parties.
22:39It has been able to suppress
22:43several times
22:46the rights of the two parties.
22:49It was a question of refusal
22:52of several preamble functions
22:55that were not characterized.
22:58Rennes-Bauré,
23:01speaking of amendments,
23:04I just remind you that there are more than 330 amendments
23:07that have been brought to this organic law project
23:10by the Executive and by the deputies.
23:13You mentioned some of these amendments.
23:16You mentioned some of these amendments.
23:19I would like to come back to the one adopted unanimously.
23:22It is a new consensual formula.
23:25It is Article 5 of this bill
23:28which addresses the provision
23:31relating to the ban of the strike for political purposes.
23:34The new formula is as follows.
23:37Any appeal to the strike contrary to this law
23:40is considered illegal.
23:43What do you think of this new formulation
23:46and what does it mean?
23:49It is a democratic achievement.
23:52It is another democratic achievement for Morocco
23:55knowing that Morocco is in an era
23:58or in a logic of consensus
24:01or of democratic trajectory.
24:04We should not go back.
24:07The strike, whether for political or social purposes,
24:10should be governed by law.
24:13should be governed by law.
24:16should be governed by law.
24:19But today, with this article,
24:22there is permission,
24:25there is clarity on this subject,
24:28which confirms that we are in a state of law,
24:31that we are in a democratic process,
24:34that we are in a democratic progress.
24:37Above all, that there was a clear consensus,
24:40whether with the government or the opposition.
24:43whether with the government or the opposition.
24:46Among the amendments also approved by the government
24:49are those presented by the Socialist Group,
24:52the Tihadi Opposition,
24:55the Haraki Group, the PPS Group
24:58and the Justice and Development Group
25:01and also two non-affiliated deputies.
25:04You mentioned consensus earlier.
25:07An amendment on the abrogation of the provisions
25:10of an article, article 12,
25:13on the interdiction of the strike by alternation.
25:16Do you know what this article stipulates?
25:19Yes, it is a very important article
25:22because today there was the suppression
25:25of this interdiction,
25:28of this form of strike.
25:31The unions consider that it is an effective form,
25:34that it is a form of strike that can allow
25:37to satisfy their demands.
25:40It is a form of strike
25:43based on rotation.
25:46I will explain very simply.
25:49For example, if we have a society
25:52or any form of production,
25:55there are departments,
25:58there are several departments.
26:01The strike unions decide
26:04that the strike will be in rotation.
26:07That is to say, today we will have a strike
26:10in this department, the department A for example,
26:13the day after tomorrow it would be the strike
26:16in the other department.
26:19So there is a deterioration
26:22of the interests of the strikers.
26:25The old version presented by the government
26:28forbade this type of strike.
26:31Today there was a consensus
26:34that this type of strike
26:37is among the rights and among the achievements
26:40of the unions and also of the union movement
26:43here in Morocco.
26:46There is a certain balance
26:49that is manifested by the different amendments
26:52of this law voted by this commission.
26:55So there is a certain balance
26:58between the pressure of the unions
27:01to have their rights
27:04and to defend their interests
27:07and at the same time there was also
27:10a counterpart for the employers
27:13to also guarantee their interests.
27:16So I think that this amendment
27:19in this logic of balance between the two parties.
27:22So to sum up,
27:25using your terms,
27:28it is a democratic achievement
27:31that protects both employers and workers.
27:34I remind you that you are President
27:37of the Center for Economic and Social Prospection.
27:40Thank you very much for your questions.
27:45And we come to the end
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