House of Representatives Adopts Three Government Bills on Health and Justice and Two Parliamentary Bills on Rights in Rem
The House of Representatives adopted on Monday, June 24, 2024, three Government bills related to health and justice and two parliamentary bills related to rights in rem. The adoption took place during two legislative sittings chaired by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Rachid Talbi El Alami, in the presence of the Minister of Justice, Mr. Abdellatif Ouahbi, and Mr. Mustapha Baïtas, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in Charge of Relations with the Parliament and Government Spokesperson.
During the first sitting, the House approved by a majority of votes Government Bill 21.24 enacting special provisions related to compulsory health insurance for individuals capable of paying subscriptions and do not practice any remunerated or non-paying activity. The Bill falls within the scope of implementing the Royal Project on the universalization of social protection and overcoming some difficulties resulting from the health coverage for various categories.
The House also approved Government Bill 43.22 on alternative sentences in a second reading by a majority of votes. The Bill falls within the scope of pursuing the implementation of the clauses of justice reform based on several principles and axes, including the modernization of the national legal system by establishing an effective penal policy aimed at overcoming the issues raised by criminal justice, especially concerning short-term custodial sentences, as many international and national reference documents have been calling for the adoption of an alternative sentences system.
During the same sitting, the House adopted by a majority of votes Government Bill 10.23 on the organization and management of penitentiaries, in a second reading. The Bill constitutes one of the main building blocks in the process of correcting the deficiencies in the tenor of the current law in terms of addressing some of the integration and security issues and ones that impact the role of penitentiaries, particularly in light of the qualitative and quantitative evolution of crime. The Bill also seeks to strike a balance between the nature of crime and the harm it causes, on the one hand, and the role of custodial sentences, on the other, and through it, the role penitentiaries should play in reform and rehabilitation.
After that, the House moved to the second legislative sitting, during which the Representatives adopted by a majority of votes a parliamentary bill amending Articles 4 and 319 of Law 39.08 on the Code of Rights in Rem. The Bill intends to harmonize these articles with the law regulating the legal profession and the Code of Civil Procedure.
During the same sitting, the House approved by a majority of votes a parliamentary bill amending and supplementing Articles 2, 174, 306, 310, and 317 of Law 39.08 on the Code of Rights in Rem, which aims to take into account several cases where individuals’ rights in rem are lost, and to ameliorate said articles.
