MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 25/12/2024
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00:00Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Medea TV. It's a pleasure to have you with us for a new newscast. Here are the headlines.
00:23In Morocco, the House of Representatives adopted the majority of the Organic Law for the strike, with 124 votes for and 41 against.
00:36A new reform of the Moroccan Family Code, a return to a few valid proposals after consultations led by the institution in charge of the revision of the Moudawana.
00:47The General Directorate of National Security presents its annual report for the year 2024, a report that highlights the achievements in the fight against crime.
00:59The House of Representatives of Paraguay ratifies its support for the sovereignty of Morocco on its Sahara.
01:10In this resolution, the Paraguayan deputies reaffirm their support for the Moroccan initiative of autonomy as a basis to achieve a peaceful, fair and compliant solution to international legality.
01:21The House of Deputies also calls on the Paraguayan government to adopt this same position through the publication of official statements and exhorts it to express its explicit support for the Moroccan initiative.
01:32The House of Representatives adopted yesterday evening the majority of the Organic Law for the strike, defining the conditions and methods of exercise of the strike law as a whole.
01:45This plenary session was marked by the examination of a set of new amendments. The story is by Cheyme Afekri.
01:52The House of Representatives adopted yesterday evening the majority of the Organic Law for the strike, defining the conditions and methods of exercise of the strike law as a whole.
02:02This plenary session was marked by the examination of a set of new amendments. The story is by Cheyme Afekri.
02:09Among the main amendments proposed by the government and adopted are the integration of workers and domestic workers among the categories concerned by the strike law.
02:19The government's amendments also referred to the possibility of resorting to urgent justice to temporarily suspend a strike.
02:28The House of Representatives adopted yesterday evening the majority of the Organic Law for the strike, defining the conditions and methods of exercise of the strike law as a whole.
02:36This adoption is of great importance because it has been expected for 60 years.
02:40After 32 governments, we have finally managed to achieve it today, after exchanges and in-depth debates between members of the House concerning several articles and amendments.
02:51Other amendments have also been submitted by parliamentary deputies.
02:55These include the reduction of the strike notification deadline in the public sector or in the private sector for professionals.
03:05During this legislative session in the House of Representatives, we voted in favour of Law No. 9715, which defines the conditions and methods of exercise of the strike law.
03:15The adoption of this law is a crucial step to strengthen social dialogue and ensure a balance between the rights of workers and those of their employers.
03:28The majority approved these amendments, but several points still need to be revised, notably the percentage of strikers who reached 36%.
03:35A strike based on social demands should not be subject to a quota.
03:40The second point concerns the deduction on wages, which constitutes a violation of one of the citizens' fundamental rights.
03:49According to the Commission's report on the social sectors, the number of amendments proposed by the various parliamentary groups rose to 334, while the government submitted 56 amendments.
04:04The day after the working meeting presided over by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI on the reform of the Family Code, the government held a meeting yesterday to discuss the reform of the Moudawana.
04:14On this occasion, the Minister of Justice unveiled several approved proposals, including the inheritance of daughters granted to parents, the right to donate their living to their daughters, even minors.
04:25Moroccans living abroad will be able to marry without the presence of two Muslim witnesses, or the maternity leave, which remains valid even after the remarriage of the mother.
04:35For more details, I invite you to listen to the Minister of Justice, Abdeltaif Wabi.
04:40Today, we are witnessing a review of the Family Code on the basis of the proposals of the Moudawana.
04:53The objectives of these proposals are the guarantee of the continuity of the reforming spirit of the Family Code and the achievement of the goals that His Majesty the King Mohammed VI aspires to,
05:05including the stability of the Moroccan family, the consolidation of women's rights, the protection of children's interests, and the preservation of human dignity.
05:16Several points make the expected reform a real social revolution.
05:22First, the possibility of documenting the request for marriage.
05:26The act of marriage will become the only way to prove the marital bond.
05:31Guarantees will also be taken for marriage involving citizens with disabilities.
05:41The procedures for marriage will generally be simplified.
05:45Second, the possibility for MROs to contract a marriage without the presence of two Muslim confession witnesses.
05:53Third, the legal age of marriage for both sexes will be 18 years and exceptionally 17 years.
06:00Of course, there will be several conditions.
06:03Fourth, at the conclusion of the act of marriage, the future wife must necessarily speak about polygamy.
06:11If she opposes it, her future husband will not be able to marry a second wife.
06:17The activists of civil and human rights have favorably welcomed the content of future amendments to the Family Code.
06:28They emphasize the positive messages reflected in the proposals submitted to the Institute in charge of revising the Family Code.
06:35This is a report by Younes Riri, Younes Mezir, and the story of Cheyma Fikri.
06:40After the completion of the process of large consultations supervised by the Institute in charge of revising the Family Code
06:47and at the end of the formulation by the Higher Council of Scholars of its legal opinion
06:52on certain proposals of the Institute related to formal religious texts,
06:57a royal communiqué detailed the main axes of this revision.
07:02Today, we attended the presentation by the Minister of Justice of the new amendments to the Family Code.
07:11Most of the points taken into account were among our requests.
07:14This includes in particular the situation of the mother who has custody of her children
07:18but encounters obstacles when she wishes to remarry.
07:22The new amendments have also addressed the problems encountered in the framework of judicial procedures.
07:27The amendments brought by the Review Board are in line with the royal arbitration
07:33to the opinion of the Higher Council of Scholars as well as to the fixed control for the work of the Institute.
07:40The clear principle remains not to prohibit halal and not to authorize haram.
07:51These amendments address several problems.
07:54They also respond to the expectations of feminists.
07:57As an associative actor and feminist association, or those concerned with the issues related to women's rights,
08:03we salute this progress.
08:05The struggle continues to achieve a harmonious family,
08:08enjoying its rights and equality.
08:11The next amendments to the Family Code aim to realize a social project
08:16focused on reform and openness,
08:19by overcoming contradictory judicial interpretations
08:22and the divergences in the interpretation of the Code.
08:26The sociologist and publishing director of the Mariana.com website,
08:29Sena Elhaji, returns to the progress but also to the disappointments of these proposals.
08:36The proposals that were circulated between yesterday evening and this morning
08:41are progress that we can rejoice about.
08:44The possibility for the mother to have custody of her children, even if she remarries.
08:51This is very important because many women were forced to choose between their mother's status
08:57and their choice of life if they decided to remarry.
09:01The sharing of the legal responsibility of children between spouses,
09:06whether during marriage or after a possible divorce.
09:10This is also a very important progress because,
09:13first of all, in all justice and respect for equality,
09:18it is important that the mother, even during the marriage,
09:22can enjoy this legal custody.
09:24But after the divorce, we often heard testimonies of divorced women
09:29who suffered for the management of the daily details of their children.
09:34This is also a very, very important progress.
09:38There is another progress that has attracted my attention a lot,
09:41and that we don't talk about enough,
09:44which is to grant the spouse who is still alive,
09:47whether it is the husband or the wife,
09:49the right to keep the marital home in the event of the death of the spouse.
09:56This is also very important because what happens sometimes is that
10:00when the children are in low age, and for example the father dies,
10:04the mother is sometimes forced to leave the home
10:07because there is a distribution of inheritance,
10:09and sometimes there are uncles who join the distribution, etc.
10:12And then even when the children are adults,
10:14the spouse who remains alive is deprived of part of the assets.
10:19Because, for example, if these children are adult boys,
10:23they will, for example, recover in terms of inheritance,
10:27a good part of the marital home.
10:29And so this spouse who remains alive,
10:32he is seen to be deprived of his home,
10:35or he is, or she is forced,
10:38and it is often unfortunately the wife,
10:40because the house is often the property of the spouse,
10:44so she sees herself living with her son, for example,
10:47or with one of her children,
10:49while it was her house that she built,
10:51that she made live for years.
10:53This is also an important progress.
10:55The possibility for Moroccans who live abroad to be able to get married
10:59without having the obligation to have Muslim witnesses.
11:02There are a number of advances that are indeed very, very good.
11:05Now, honestly, I can't hide my disappointment
11:10in relation to certain expectations of the movement,
11:12not only of feminism, but of the movement for human rights.
11:15And so the Commission has not retained the recognition,
11:20the use of DNA for the recognition of paternity.
11:23And that is extremely unfair towards single mothers,
11:27but especially, especially, especially towards children.
11:30These children have not chosen to be born in an unmarried couple,
11:35and they have to pay the price.
11:37Today they will still pay for years
11:40of this illegal provision that does not recognize DNA,
11:44while today it is a scientifically recognized scientific proof
11:48at 99.99%.
11:51And it's really a shame that we can't have a recourse to that.
11:54And then the cancellation of Tzaseb,
11:57that was also a big wait,
11:59and unfortunately it was not retained.
12:02And today there are thousands of families,
12:06with only girls,
12:08who also find themselves deprived of their rights
12:10or die if the father dies,
12:12if one of the two parents dies.
12:14But at least the rule of Tzaseb,
12:16which in adequacy with today's socio-economic reality,
12:20which has not been retained, it's a shame.
12:23La Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale
12:25presents its annual report for the year 2024.
12:28These are figures relating to the fight against crime.
12:31A total of 750,000 criminal cases have been recorded.
12:36On the other hand, violent crimes indirectly affect
12:39the feeling of security of citizens.
12:40They have accused a significant drop of 10%.
12:43Aggravated theft has declined by 24%.
12:46Vehicle theft by 20%.
12:48Violent theft by 12%.
12:50Fraud theft by 10%.
12:53Sexual assaults have dropped by 4%.
12:55Allegations of fraud by 7%.
12:58And thefts targeting banking agencies by 45%.
13:01In addition, police services have dismantled
13:03947 specialized criminal gangs in qualified thefts,
13:08which has allowed the arrest of more than 1,500 individuals
13:11involved in these criminal acts.
13:14Israel mentions progress for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
13:18Hamas, on the other hand, claimed that a ceasefire agreement
13:21was closer than ever to the explanations with Sheikh Maafikri.
13:27The hope of an agreement on a truce
13:29and a liberation of hostages in Gaza is reawakening.
13:32Discussions are moving forward,
13:34supported by the mediation of Doha and Cairo.
13:37Hamas, as well as two other Palestinian groups,
13:41the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
13:45have claimed that a ceasefire agreement was closer than ever.
13:55Negotiations aimed at obtaining a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are still underway.
13:59As you know, technical and procedural negotiations
14:02are currently taking place here in Doha.
14:04Other tracks are underway in various contexts in Cairo.
14:11On his side, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu
14:14cautiously mentioned progress for an agreement
14:17on the hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 2023,
14:21as conditions for a ceasefire.
14:25There is progress.
14:27I don't know how long it will take,
14:29but we will continue to operate in all possible ways
14:32and will continue until we bring back all the hostages from the enemy's land.
14:40Despite intense diplomatic efforts,
14:42no agreement could be reached between Israel and Hamas
14:46since the end of November 2023, which lasted only a week.
14:50Among the main points of blockade so far
14:53were the permanent or non-permanent nature of the ceasefire
14:56and the government of the Gaza Strip after the war.
15:00In Beijing, the head of Japanese diplomacy
15:02expressed his concerns about regional security.
15:05The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs
15:07was alarmed by the intensification of Chinese military activities
15:10with his counterpart Wang Yi
15:12during a meeting this Wednesday in Beijing.
15:15The Japanese head of diplomacy,
15:17who made his first official visit to China,
15:19spoke with the Minister of Foreign Affairs
15:21and told him about Tokyo's serious concerns
15:24about the situation at sea in eastern China,
15:27especially around the Senkaku Islands
15:29and the intensification of Chinese military activities.
15:33Russia launched more than 70 missiles and more than 100 drones
15:37on Ukraine this Wednesday morning
15:40with its energy system ready for target.
15:43The Ukrainian president denounced
15:45an inhuman attack on Christmas Day
15:47by his Russian counterpart.
15:49More than 50 missiles and part of the drones could have been shot down,
15:52but some strikes have led to power cuts
15:54in several regions,
15:56the Ukrainian president said.
15:58The attack would have killed one
16:00or at least wounded six according to Ukrainian authorities.
16:08Back on the continent,
16:09heading to Ivory Coast for the presidential election in 2025.
16:12The party in power has already chosen its candidate.
16:16This is President Alassane Ouattara.
16:19Back on this nomination far from being a surprise
16:22with Max Oubi, Stéphane Soumoro and Anjou Ilfret.
16:26Ten months before the presidential elections in Ivory Coast,
16:30the party in power remains President Alassane Ouattara.
16:34More and more votes are being raised
16:36within the presidential movement
16:38to support another candidate
16:40for the current head of the Ivorian executive.
16:42The presidential elections in 2025
16:44will probably be the most important
16:46after those of 2010.
16:48With an opposition in almost pre-campaign,
16:50the RHDP wants to fill for another mandate
16:52with its leader Alassane Ouattara.
16:55Abdoulaye Ben Meite is a member of the RHDP
16:58and a member of the National Assembly.
17:00For him, Alassane Ouattara remains the best candidate for 2025.
17:05The expectations of the Ivory Coast,
17:07the needs of the Ivory Coast,
17:10especially in terms of stability,
17:13in terms of economic stability,
17:16for all that it has had to do in the Ivory Coast,
17:20we cannot have a better candidate
17:23than that of this great man.
17:27President Ouattara,
17:29beyond the natural candidate that he is,
17:34is a rational candidate.
17:39It is a reasonable choice.
17:42And it is a choice not only of heart,
17:45but of reason.
17:47A probable candidacy of Alassane Ouattara
17:50that opens the constitutional debate
17:52on a fourth mandate.
17:54At this level, the deputy and lawyer
17:56at the Ivory Coast Barrel responds.
17:58Constitutional jurisdiction
18:02is the jurisdiction
18:05whose decision is a law.
18:10From the moment the Constitutional Council
18:13was established,
18:15it was estimated that,
18:17in favor of the new Constitution,
18:19President Ouattara was eligible
18:23to print a mandate
18:25after the advent of this Constitution.
18:27I think that,
18:29in an obvious way,
18:31the consensus that can be drawn,
18:33that must be drawn,
18:35is that his second candidacy
18:37is legitimate beyond legality.
18:39The Ivory Coast is already living
18:41the presidential election of 2025.
18:43This year, more than 900,000 new voters
18:45have been registered on the electoral list.
18:48In Mozambique, after the Chido cyclone,
18:50hours between demonstrators and police
18:52have killed 21 people.
18:54Demonstrations that take place
18:56the day after the confirmation
18:58of the contested electoral victory
19:00of the Frelimo party in power since 1975,
19:02after a night of post-electoral violence.
19:04And more than two months of demonstrations
19:06in the capital have remained frozen
19:08in a climate of fear on Christmas Eve.
19:10Despite the regularity raised by many observers,
19:12the Constitutional Council has confirmed
19:14the election of Daniel Chappot
19:16to the presidency,
19:18with more than 65% of the votes.
19:24In Tunisia, in front of the Court of Cassation,
19:26the Front of National Salute
19:28and the Tunisian Network of Rights and Freedoms
19:30have organized a demonstration demanding
19:32the immediate release of political detainees.
19:34The accused are linked to a so-called
19:36conspiracy against the security of the state.
19:38Our correspondent Najwa Bechat
19:40tells us more.
19:42At the call of the Tunisian Network
19:44of Rights and Freedoms
19:46and the Front of National Salute,
19:48personalities of the opposition
19:50and civil society have gathered
19:52to demand the release
19:54of 40 detainees,
19:56among them high-ranking leaders
19:58of the opposition who appear
20:00in front of the Court of Cassation
20:02accused of conspiracy
20:04against the security of the state.
20:06According to the Anti-Terrorist Law of 2015
20:08and the Penal Code,
20:10these people are in the process of being sentenced
20:12to up to capital punishment.
20:16For 22 months,
20:18most of the accused
20:20have only been heard
20:22once,
20:24without any material evidence,
20:26confrontation or expertise
20:28being presented to them.
20:30In reality, this case is based
20:32only on political consultations
20:34conducted by figures
20:36of the national opposition
20:38in the context of their legal activities.
20:42We have come today
20:44to express our solidarity
20:46with the political prisoners
20:48and demand the release
20:50of all politicians, professionals,
20:52media, activists,
20:54civil society, bloggers
20:56and even unknown young people
20:58who are in prison on the basis of
21:00Decree 54.
21:02The effect of the so-called
21:04conspiracy against the security of the state
21:06dates back to February 2023,
21:08when a number of politicians,
21:10activists of civil society
21:12and lawyers
21:14were arrested on the basis
21:16of accusations of wanting
21:18to form an agreement
21:20in order to conspire
21:22against the internal and external
21:24security of the state.
21:26It is a process to demand
21:28the release of political prisoners
21:30who are accused
21:32in a trial
21:34that has now become very famous,
21:36the conspiracy trial against the state,
21:38where we find
21:40almost all the political formations,
21:42the leaders of the opposition
21:44political formations.
21:46These leaders met
21:48at the end of 2022 and the beginning
21:50of 2023 to try to coordinate
21:52their work and form
21:54a united opposition front.
21:56The answer
21:58to this regime is to put them all in prison.
22:00In a statement,
22:02the Front de Salut National
22:04firmly condemned these pursuits,
22:06which qualifies as a fair assessment
22:08that the current policy of
22:10fleeing forward is doomed to failure
22:12and that only a
22:14national, inclusive and decisive dialogue
22:16will solve
22:18the double political
22:20and economic crisis.
22:22Historic city,
22:24the one of the 333
22:26holy places, Tambouctou,
22:28returns today after the dark hours of 2012.
22:30This renewal is partly due
22:32to the Festival Vivre Ensemble,
22:34which attracts thousands of
22:36festivalgoers each year.
22:38This is a report by Mohamed Danyouko from Tambouctou.
22:40This group of tourists
22:42listen religiously to the history
22:44of the mosque of Djingara Iber,
22:46one of the three great mosques of Tambouctou,
22:48built between
22:501325 and 1327.
22:52A little earlier,
22:54within the Municipal Museum,
22:56they were able to immerse themselves
22:58in the culinary and musical
23:00clothing culture of the city.
23:02It's been 18 years
23:04since I came back.
23:06I am happy to see that
23:08the great monuments
23:10are preserved despite what happened
23:12in Tambouctou in recent years.
23:14Alhamdoulilah,
23:16this is thanks to the efforts of the people of Tambouctou,
23:18thanks to the efforts of the State
23:20and also international partners
23:22who supported the preservation
23:24of this world heritage,
23:26of this exceptional heritage
23:28at the level of the Islamic world.
23:30This progressive return of tourists
23:32in the holy city of Tambouctou
23:34is to be credited
23:36to the promoters of the Festival
23:38Vivre Ensemble,
23:40which works for the return of peace,
23:42a sine qua non condition of the return
23:44of tourists.
23:46Our primary objective
23:48is to ensure that Tambouctou
23:50can be this destination
23:52because the heritage is there,
23:54they need to be visited by the world.
23:56So we work on that,
23:58not only during the festival period,
24:00but we are constantly working
24:02to make the destination of Tambouctou
24:04possible.
24:06On the Dune of Abaradjou,
24:08attending the arrival of the camels,
24:10the regional director of the hotel
24:12and tourism confirms
24:14the return of interest for the destination
24:16of Tambouctou.
24:18Previously,
24:20there was an allusion
24:22to an increase in the number
24:24of arrivals in the region
24:26because of this festival.
24:28This festival is no longer
24:30represented in Tambouctou.
24:32From year to year,
24:34the number of visitors
24:36only increases.
24:38Now, Tambouctou is ready
24:40to welcome tourists
24:42under the vigilance
24:44of Al Farouk,
24:46The price of red meat,
24:48the price of poultry,
24:50has recorded an increase
24:52on all national markets.
24:54The price of kilo varies
24:56between 24 and 26 dirhams
24:58instead of 17 dirhams
25:00a few weeks ago.
25:02This is a report by Ines Mézières.
25:04The story is by Dina Mrini.
25:06A large number of citizens
25:08complain of successive increases
25:10in the price of poultry.
25:12The recent surge in prices
25:14has led to low returns.
25:16The price of poultry
25:18has exceeded 24 to 26 dirhams
25:20per kilogram in some regions.
25:22As for the unit price of poultry,
25:24it has increased by 75%,
25:26going from 3 to 10 dirhams
25:28in the popular markets
25:30and up to 14 dirhams
25:32in the black markets.
25:34This situation has aroused
25:36widespread discontent
25:38among citizens and professionals
25:40in the sector.
25:42The unit price of poultry
25:44has increased to 14 dirhams.
25:46The price of poultry
25:48and raw materials
25:50have also seen an international
25:52decline, except in Morocco.
25:54This has led to a surge
25:56in the price of poultry.
25:58The recent surge in prices
26:00has prevented citizens
26:02with low incomes
26:04from buying chicken.
26:06As a seller, this surge
26:08also impacts us
26:10as a clientele
26:12mostly from the disadvantaged class.
26:14Professionals in the sector
26:16hold the government responsible
26:18for this situation.
26:20They demand an urgent intervention
26:22to stop this exaggerated surge
26:24coming at a time
26:26when citizens are already
26:28suffering from the increase
26:30in the prices of other food products.
26:32We ask the government
26:34to regularize the export
26:36of poultry.
26:38The high prices are to be seen again.
26:44I came to buy chicken
26:46in this wholesale market,
26:48but the prices are really high.
26:50Chicken costs 23 dirhams per kilo.
26:52It could cost even more elsewhere.
26:54The disadvantaged classes
26:56will certainly struggle to get it.
26:58Faced with this rise in prices,
27:00professionals call on the government
27:02to put in place practical solutions
27:04to protect consumers
27:06On its part,
27:08the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights
27:10and the fight against corruption
27:12has expressed its concern
27:14about the recurring rise
27:16in the prices of poultry
27:18which it has described as
27:20overwhelming for Moroccan citizens.
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