As part of preparations for the upcoming elections, the Council examined and adopted three organic laws pertaining to the Upper House, political parties and the election of the members of territorial collectivities.
The organic law pertaining to the Upper House sets at 12 the number of regions in which the members of the house are elected while retaining two seats for representatives of each region. It also specifies the seats of representatives of professional chambers in the upper house and reviews the boundaries of the electoral circumscriptions of the most representative professional organizations.
The draft law on political parties aims at establishing the principle of party coalition by authorizing two or more parties to form a coalition and file joint candidacy during the local and communal elections and the elections of the members of professional chambers. It allows the possibility of presenting joint lists in circumscriptions where there has been a party list voting system or the individual voting system. It also allows for the possibility for a coalition to benefit from the funding of electoral campaigns.
The organic law relating to the election of the members of territorial collectivities aims in particular at adapting the amendments affecting the organic law of political parties, establishing the principle of single ballot voting for regional and communal elections, creating a single electoral circumscription in each province or prefecture and presenting a single candidate list encompassing two parts: the first will be dedicated to candidates and the second part to women.
As part of the care of HM King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander of Chief of Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), the Council approved two draft decrees relating to the contingent compensation benefiting the military mission in the Central African Republic and to the instruction center for social services (CISS) of the Royal Armed Forces especially in terms of providing continuous training to women executives.
In conformity with provisions of Article 49 of the constitution, following a proposal from the Head of the Government and at the at the initiative of the Interior Minister, HM the King appointed Abdellatif Hammouchi as Director General of the National Police (DGSN) while retaining his position as chief of Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency (DGST).
As part of strengthening cooperation between Morocco and brotherly and friendly countries as well as regional and international organizations notably in fields relating to legal and security cooperation in addition to countering terrorism, protecting the environment, fiscal assistance, air services, renewable energies and energy efficiency.