After two weeks of delay, the Council of Government approved today, Thursday, a bill related to the legal uses of cannabis in Morocco.

It should be recalled that the draft law aims to establish a legal framework that allows the development of the use of cannabis in medical, cosmetic and industrial fields, in line with Morocco’s international obligations.

It also aims to help exploit the opportunities provided by the cannabis market and attract international actors in this field.

Moreover, the law seeks to establish an effective monitoring system with the aim of preventing any change in the course of cannabis and its derivatives towards the illicit market, and the transformation of illegal and environmentally harmful crops into legitimate, sustainable, income-generating and employment-saving activities.

On a different note, the Ministry of the Interior stated that national studies concluded that Morocco “can exploit the opportunities offered by the global market for legitimate cannabis, given its human and environmental qualifications, in addition to the logistical capabilities and strategic location of the Kingdom close to Europe, which is the most popular for cannabis products.”

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The Ministerial Council approved a draft organizational law to amend and complete organizational law relating to appointing in senior positions, in implementation of the provisions of articles 49 and 92 of the constitution.

It aims to include “Mohamed VI Investment Fund” in the list of strategic public enterprises whose officials are appointed by the Council of Ministers.

The project also aims to change the designation of some public institutions and enterprises, to make them compatible with the legal texts regulating them as have been amended.

This concerns Hassan II Foundation for Social Work for the benefit of enforcement officers and employees at the Ministry of the Interior, Casablanca Finance City Authority, in addition to the Superior Council for Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water.

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Argentina has finally joined last Wednesday a handful of South American countries which legalize abortion.

The vote for this law has stirred huge debate which lasted for more than 12 hours before Senate President Cristina Kirchner confirmed it. The confirmation of the law has led numerous pro-abortion activists to take to the street and celebrate in the capital Buenos Aires.

President, Alberto Fernandez, expressed how hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions take place in the dark every year resulting in the death of at least 3.000 women since 1980. Alberto Fernandez is the one to propose this bill earlier last year.

This point-turning bill has succeeded in a country of 44 million in spite of the huge opposition of the Evangelical Christians and traditional Roman Catholics. Pope Francis tweeted his indirect disapproval of such a bill ahead of the vote.

In South America only Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana allow voluntary abortion applying extreme restrictive abortion laws in the world.

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Today, the Prime Minister, Saad Eddin El Othmani chairs at 10:30 am a government council that will start by examining four draft laws.

The first relates to the approval of the decree-law relating to the completion of the decree-law issued regarding the enactment of special provisions of the state of health emergency and the procedures for announcing it.

The second is the approval of the decree-law relating to the reorganization of the financial pole of Casablanca.

The third is the ratification of the decree-law issued regarding the enactment of exceptional provisions related to the financial fines to be paid to recover the possibility of issuing checks.

This final law will happen in relation to the recent draft law approving the decree-law concerning the legislation of exceptional measures for the benefit of some employers involved in the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) and their authorized workers, along with some categories of independent workers and non-wage earners insured with the Fund who are affected by the repercussions of the outbreak of the Coronavirus “Covid-19”.

The council then proceeds to study two draft decrees, the first of which is related to the quality and safety of canned food and semi-canned plant food that are marketed. And the second is to change the decree issued regarding the creation of a temporary directorate in the Ministry of Equipment and Transport to oversee the completion of the new port in Safi.

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