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00:00Welcome to Mediamorning, here are the headlines.
00:24In Morocco, the government is ready to bring funding amendments in response to the demands of workers.
00:34This is what the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Skourie, said on Wednesday.
00:42Lebanon is looking for a new president. The Lebanese parliament is due to meet on Thursday to elect a president after more than two years without a head of state.
00:57In Chad, a mysterious commando briefly attacks the presidential palace in Jamena before being decimated.
01:10The government is ready to bring funding amendments in response to the demands of workers.
01:25This is what the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Skourie, said on Wednesday.
01:33The government is convinced that the promulgation of this vital text is to support social and economic developments and to ensure the exercise of the right to strike without compromising the freedom of work.
01:46This is what the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Skourie, said on Wednesday.
01:57In Morocco, for Skourie, this collective work aims to bring together the points of view on a certain number of essential observations, in particular the mechanisms and methods of exercise of the right to strike,
02:10specifying in this sense that additional amendments will be brought to this text during discussions in the Chamber of Trustees.
02:20The government intends to make a first presentation on the retirement regime reform in January.
02:30The Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Ftah, stressed that this reform is based on the principles that have come within the framework of social dialogue,
02:40in particular the creation of two public and private polls.
02:43This reform will also be in line with the definition of the transition mechanisms while preserving rights and achievements, and working to improve governance.
02:59Why is the retirement regime reform becoming an emergency?
03:05I invite you to listen to Abdelrani Choumni, an economist and specialist in public policy.
03:12Listen, it is an emergency because Morocco has experienced two phenomena.
03:18It has experienced the phenomenon of informal work.
03:2260% of the population are active Moroccans.
03:27In addition, we have a rapid demographic transition, which means that we are on the eve of aging towards 2040-2050.
03:37And the problem is that we have an income for several retirees today, while we have a very young country.
03:47Yes, a retirement reform would be essential.
03:51First of all, to avoid bankruptcy of the retirement fund of the public service.
03:59And secondly, to expand the pool of taxpayers, because we have a problem.
04:04Today, we have assets at 28% between the wage share and the patronal share.
04:10But we only have 5 to 6 million assets in the private sector, about 1.5 million in the public sector.
04:17But that's for several retirees.
04:19And then we have 15 million assets that have no wage income.
04:24And so it's a real problem.
04:26And it's a real emergency.
04:27Yes, we have to think about a reform.
04:29Perhaps to bring the retirement age of the private sector to 63 years, as for the public, but over a period of 10 years.
04:37That is, every 3 or every 4 years, added by a cycle of 6 months.
04:41Because it is true that there is an emergency.
04:43After that, we have the whole problem of people who do not work at all, who have no activity,
04:47and who will get old, reach 60 years, and we will have to think about a retirement,
04:53a minimum retirement, as is done in European countries.
04:57In international news, in Lebanon, the Parliament must meet this Thursday
05:02to elect a President of the Republic, the country of cedar, deprived of a head of state for more than two years.
05:09Analysts doubt, however, that the deputies will be able to agree on a candidate
05:14by virtue of the confessional system of sharing power.
05:17The presidency of Lebanon is reserved for a Maronite Christian,
05:20while the Prime Minister is a Sunni Muslim, and the President of the Parliament, a Shiite Muslim.
05:27The next strong man of Lebanon will need a majority of two-thirds,
05:32two-thirds minus 86 of the 128 deputies to be elected President.
05:38More details with Racha Engo.
05:44It has been more than two years since the mandate of the former president of the Lebanese Republic,
05:49Michel Aoun, ended, and his successor has still not been found.
05:54According to the Lebanese constitution, the election must be organized between 60 and 30 days
05:59before the end of the mandate of the outgoing president.
06:02But despite several attempts, parliamentarians have not managed to elect a new President of the Republic.
06:08The presidential election is made in an indirect and secret suffrage
06:13by an electoral college made up of the 128 members of the House of Representatives.
06:18And the outgoing president can only run for re-election after a period of six years following the end of his mandate.
06:26According to a convention concluded in 1943, the President must be a Christian of Maronite confession,
06:32the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, and the President of the Parliament a Shiite Muslim.
06:38This was decided after Lebanon obtained its independence from France in 1941.
06:45This reflected the relative importance of the different religious groups in Lebanon at the time.
06:51At that time, Christians were more numerous than Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
06:56But today, Christians, Sunni and Shiite Muslims represent a little more than 30% of the population,
07:04which is one of the reasons why Lebanon has not had a president for more than two years.
07:09Because the Hezbollah, Shiite, blocked the process, especially the one related to the chosen candidate.
07:15The Hezbollah militia, considered a national power, benefits from popular support.
07:21In particular, among the Shiite Muslims of the country, it has become a dominant force in Lebanon over the last four decades.
07:28With the weakening of Hezbollah by Israel and the recent geopolitical changes in the region,
07:34Lebanese parliamentarians will try again to choose a president.
07:38And also, traditionally, the sponsors from the international community have their say in the choice of president in Lebanon.
07:46And since the 19th century, Lebanon has undergone massive foreign interference and is sponsored by several regional powers,
07:54including France, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
07:59At present, the United States, where at least five people have died in the ferocious fires that engulfed this Wednesday around Los Angeles,
08:09is now threatening the Hollywood neighborhood, whose inhabitants have been summoned to evacuate.
08:15Authorities ordered this Wednesday to evacuate the inhabitants of this historic neighborhood
08:20due to a new fire that broke out a few hundred meters from Hollywood Boulevard.
08:26On the move to California, US President Joe Biden canceled the trip due to the fires that were due to lead him this Thursday in Italy.
08:35This is what the White House announced.
08:37About 1,500 buildings have been destroyed and more than 100,000 inhabitants of the American megapolis have been forced to flee in the face of the flames.
08:46A report that could still get heavier, according to the authorities.
08:50Los Angeles is swept away by winds of the force of a hurricane combined with extreme drought conditions.
08:56To sum up, the Caribbean Sea, during a press conference last night,
09:01the gusts that blew up to 160 km per hour on Wednesday sometimes transport embers over kilometers.
09:11In the heights of Los Angeles, a violent forest fire is underway.
09:20The fire broke out in the neighborhood of the Hollywood celebrities, Pacific Palisades.
09:26At least two people have died and several million-dollar villas have been destroyed by the flames.
09:33Development with Raja Ringo.
09:35The west coast of the United States is burning, trees and vegetation are still burning in California.
09:46About 1,000 buildings have been destroyed in the violent fire.
09:50The fire that broke out Tuesday morning has already ravaged nearly 1,200 hectares.
09:57Firefighters continue to fight the violent forest fire,
10:01while winds of the force of a hurricane pose a deadly danger at nightfall.
10:10We are not yet out of danger.
10:12And with the increase in wind speed, the fight against fire by plane is becoming more dangerous.
10:17We will not be able to operate at night.
10:19Flying at night is more dangerous than flying during the day.
10:21We want to make sure that no one is injured or killed.
10:26We want to make sure that we don't get anybody killed.
10:28More than 1,400 firefighters are fighting against the flames
10:32and hundreds are on their way, said California Governor Gavin Newsom.
10:37American media have also reported a firefighter among the injured.
10:42About 30,000 people are under the threat of an evacuation order.
10:47Authorities do not rule out other fires being declared.
10:51By no stretch of the imagination are we out of the woods.
10:55We anticipate, hoping that we are wrong,
10:58but we anticipate other fires that will break out at the same time.
11:01This is why we continue to provide and complement these resources
11:04from all over the north of California.
11:06We remind you how serious this moment is.
11:08It is important to listen to the evacuation orders.
11:13The fire caused a huge cloud of smoke, visible from the entire megalopolis.
11:19The fire was declared at the worst time for Los Angeles,
11:22swept away by violent gusts.
11:25Hot winds from Santa Ana, typical of the California winter,
11:29must blow up to 160 km per hour in the region,
11:33according to the American Meteorological Service,
11:36which is why spreading the flames very quickly is a mortal danger.
11:43A mysterious commando attacked the presidential palace in Jamena on Wednesday night
11:48and was at least killed before being decimated,
11:51with 18 of its 24 members killed, according to the government.
11:55The situation is totally under control.
11:57All this attempt to destabilize has been eradicated,
12:01said Abdulrahman Kulamallah, spokesman for the Chad government,
12:05Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a video posted on Facebook
12:09about the 24 people the commando counted.
12:13There were 18 dead and 6 injured,
12:15and we mourn the loss of 3 injured members of the palace guards, he said.
12:19On national television,
12:22the minister said the attack was probably not a terrorist attack,
12:27while rumours said it was a possible attack by terrorists.
12:32Boko Haram, which was led by drug and alcoholics,
12:38came from a poor neighborhood in the south of the city,
12:41with weapons, machetes and knives.
12:44They landed in a trailer in front of the presidential palace.
12:47They stabbed the four guards present, including the injured.
12:52Two are in a serious condition, said the minister.
13:03Let's move on to the guest of the major newspaper,
13:07Média1 Morning.
13:10The project of an organic law on the strike
13:13was recently adopted by the first chamber.
13:17Since Monday, the examination of this project
13:20has been held in the Chamber of Advisers.
13:23Although its adoption by the Chamber of Representatives
13:26marks an advance, the process remains unfinished,
13:30especially since the trade unions are strengthening their position
13:34We are back on a legislative project
13:37that arouses a lot of debate
13:40with Mr. Driss Haïsaoui, political analyst.
13:45Hello Driss Haïsaoui, thank you for being with us.
13:50Hello Sanaa.
13:53The project of organic law No. 9715,
13:59intended to define the exercise of the right to strike,
14:03arouses a profound discontent from the trade unions
14:07in the context of the current governmental mandate.
14:11Efforts have been made to examine the key elements
14:15allowing to finalize this law in a reasonable delay.
14:19However, disagreements persist.
14:22What are the main points of friction, Mr. Haïsaoui?
14:28Listen, there are many points of friction.
14:32It is a dynamic that has been inaugurated for a number of years
14:37between the government, the trade unions,
14:40and above all with the employers who are involved in this discussion.
14:46But above all, the role, the place and the function
14:50of the trade unions is very important here.
14:53When we look at the debates that have taken place
14:58in the Parliament and even outside,
15:01and when we read the press releases published by the trade unions,
15:07we see that a number of problems have not yet been resolved.
15:15And finally, the Ministry of Employment has not yet found
15:23the best formula to say that this is how we will be able to work.
15:29It will be very difficult.
15:31And the back and forth between the trade unions and the government
15:37will still last. Why?
15:40Because, first of all, even if the text has been adopted
15:44at the level of the first chamber,
15:46we must not forget that we have a second chamber
15:49where the trade unions are strongly represented
15:53and will certainly not let this text pass
15:58as long as the essential components of a right to strike
16:04will be respected.
16:07That is to say, the right to strike is a necessity
16:11and a constitutional right.
16:13And we absolutely need to find a way
16:16so that this right to strike can be truly adopted.
16:22Not unanimously, it will be difficult,
16:25but so that it can be accepted by the trade unions
16:29and presented to their activists.
16:33And I think that to this day,
16:35we have seen that trade unions play an important role.
16:39Trade unions do not want to be a factor of blockade.
16:44They want to contribute to economic development and growth,
16:49but we must respect their approach
16:54and especially their demands on the right to strike.
17:02Let's now talk about the novelties
17:05that have been planned for this project.
17:08The version presented at the moment
17:10in front of the Chamber of Councils
17:12introduces several novelties,
17:14notably concerning the professional categories
17:16allowed to strike,
17:18contrary to the old version
17:20which limited this right to public and private sector officials.
17:24The new text expands this possibility to the liberal profession.
17:29What do you think of this amendment?
17:35It is an excellent initiative,
17:37because we could not limit the right to strike
17:41only to the private and public sectors.
17:45There are also those who belong to the liberal profession
17:50and who are becoming more and more important.
17:53And we find them at the level of trade unions,
17:56we also find them at the level of the Moroccan political landscape.
18:01We cannot forget that these people,
18:04those who have been presented today,
18:08we cannot tell them,
18:10you cannot participate.
18:12I think that the Ministry of Employment
18:15will also have to take this situation into consideration
18:19and say that we are in a democratic country
18:24which respects all sensitivities
18:26and which gives the floor to all sensitivities
18:30present at the level of the Moroccan political landscape.
18:33I think that if at the level of the Chamber of Councils
18:38the debates remain open,
18:40the debates remain accessible to all stakeholders,
18:44I think that there will certainly be an agreement
18:48to which the trade unions can access.
18:54And above all, we cannot tell them
18:57that they no longer have the right to strike,
19:01even though the strike is guaranteed by the Constitution.
19:04It is an essential and important right.
19:08You talked about it in your newspaper.
19:15More than the right to strike,
19:18there is also retirement.
19:20Retirement is a major issue
19:22to which we must also pay attention.
19:25And we cannot talk about these texts
19:28which are fundamental texts.
19:30Mr Aissabi, another novelty in this bill,
19:35the cancellation of the private penalties for freedom
19:39which were present in the previous text,
19:42as well as the abolition of penal sanctions.
19:45Can you tell us more about this?
19:50You know, it's always...
19:52I told you, in fact, the debates around a law text,
19:56especially the right to strike,
19:58are back and forth.
20:00We take a first approach, a second approach, etc.
20:04We cancel the private penalties.
20:07That's already good.
20:09It's one of the fundamental demands of trade unions.
20:14They say that we must be judged
20:17on the basis of a clear law text
20:20to which all sectors of the population can belong.
20:25But today, if we cancel these private penalties,
20:28I think it will encourage trade unions,
20:32trade unions to move forward
20:34and probably accept it.
20:36But we'll see.
20:37In fact, what is being done today,
20:40what they are doing,
20:42when we look at the press releases
20:44of trade unions, what do they tell you?
20:46They tell you that we are not against the law texts,
20:50against the right to strike.
20:52No.
20:53First of all, it's an organic law
20:56which will organize the work
20:58and the perception of this work
21:01for several years.
21:03We cannot consider that we have finished our work.
21:08No.
21:09It's a beginning of a process.
21:11And I think that trade unions,
21:13trade union headquarters...
21:15Precisely, Mr. Essay,
21:17it was agreed with the trade unions
21:19to start a new round of negotiations
21:22on the project during this summit.
21:24The Minister of Economic Inclusion
21:27claims to be ready to examine
21:29any possible proposal
21:31to improve the text submitted
21:33to the Chamber of Trustees.
21:35How do you assess,
21:37if we can say, the spirit of compromise
21:40that has marked the process
21:42of elaboration of this project
21:44and the government's steps
21:46to convince trade unions?
21:50Listen, fortunately,
21:52we are in a logic of, let's say,
21:55acceptance of what comes from trade unions
21:58and also listening from the government
22:01to what the trade unions say.
22:03Because the trade unions, for a while,
22:06are no longer this actor
22:08that we don't want to see
22:11and that we don't want to hear.
22:14On the contrary,
22:16the trade unions are there to help,
22:19to work,
22:21and to make sure
22:23that what we are doing today
22:25in terms of law texts,
22:27that it is accepted.
22:29So now, let's say,
22:31the rounds will continue
22:34until the trade unions
22:37and the government
22:39agree on the bill
22:42that will be presented
22:44at the second Chamber of Representatives
22:46and that has won the approval
22:49of all the actors.
22:51Because we can't let it pass.
22:53That's what's interesting.
22:55We are not in a country like any other
22:58where we impose a law text
23:00because,
23:02I don't want to name a country,
23:04but there is a law text
23:06that goes by force
23:08in relation to trade unions.
23:10I don't think they will do it.
23:13The draft of the Organic Law
23:16on the right to strike
23:18will be the subject of additional amendments
23:20to the Chamber of Advisers.
23:22This is what was confirmed
23:24by the Minister of Employment
23:26this Wednesday.
23:28In this sense, can we say
23:30that this text is not yet
23:32the final version
23:34and its adoption
23:36by the Chamber of Representatives
23:38is just one step
23:40in the legislative process?
23:42Absolutely.
23:44We are not
23:46facing a definitive text.
23:48It is a project
23:50that will be the subject
23:52of great discussions
23:54and debates
23:56within the Ministry,
23:58as we see it now,
24:00or within the Parliament.
24:02In the end,
24:04it is the synthesis
24:06of all the debates
24:08that will be held.
24:10On this synthesis,
24:12the government,
24:14the Ministry
24:16in charge of economic inclusion
24:18and employment,
24:20the trade unions
24:22will also give their opinion.
24:24We hope
24:26that everyone
24:28will be able to participate.
24:30When we say
24:32that we are
24:34discussing
24:36the draft
24:38of the Organic Law
24:40on the right to strike,
24:42it is important
24:44because it has been years
24:46since the Kingdom of Morocco
24:48was able to adopt
24:50a definitive text on the right to strike.
24:52And now,
24:54we are so close
24:56because many discussions have taken place.
24:58Voices have risen
25:00to denounce
25:02what is happening here and there.
25:04I think that
25:06in the end,
25:08trade unions will play
25:10a full role.
25:12The Ministry will also play its role.
25:14I think that they will be
25:16forced to adopt
25:18a text of the Law,
25:20an Organic Law,
25:22which is programmed
25:24on a basis of evolution
25:26in time.
25:28Mr. Driss Elissaoui,
25:30unfortunately, we are coming to the end of our section.
25:32Thank you for this precious
25:34insight.
25:36Thank you for all these details.
25:38I remind you that you are a political
25:40and economic analyst.
25:46Voilà qui
25:48referme cette édition.
25:50Merci de l'avoir suivi.
25:52Bonne suite de programmes sur Mediantv.