The Moroccan government does not know how to take advantage of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE), which annoys certain deputies. According to Abdelhak Amghar, of the socialist group – opposition Ittihadie, MRE transfers reached 117 billion dirhams, but it is only 10 % of its funds that are oriented towards investment. He noted the lack of implementation of the royal orientations contained in several royal speeches on the support and encouragement of Moroccans in the world to invest in their country. According to him, the responses of the Minister responsible for investment no longer convince, neither inside nor outside.
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According to Amghar, this failure of the government is explained by the persistence of “complications of administrative procedures”. The investor “is lost” between the administrations, he said. He also points out “the absence of direct air connections, especially from the province of Al Hoceïma, which, according to him, suffers from the absence of significant and direct air flights to Spain, France and Germany, not to mention the dizzying increase in ticket prices, especially to the Netherlands and Belgium”. “Is it under these conditions that we will encourage Moroccans in the world to invest in their country?” “Asked the elected official.
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According to deputy Omar El Baz, of the Haraki group, the reality shows that the volume of investments does not have the expected effect on employment, although the investment, national or foreign, is the main entrance to fight unemployment. “Although what we hear from the National Investment Committee gives a certain hope, the high financial cost of projects is not rejected on the reality of employment in our country. The requirement has always been territorial justice in the distribution of investments, “he said. El Baz therefore calls to work for the territorial empowerment of young people, accompanied by job opportunities.
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For her part, the deputy of the Haraki group, Aziza Boujrida, underlined the need to increase the share of contribution from the Moroccan diaspora in national investments, which does not currently exceed 10 %, according to her remarks. She called for the creation of a national agency to support the investments of Moroccans around the world. It also insisted on the need to listen to the MREs and to simplify administrative procedures. The deputy for the Authenticity and Modernity Group, Aziz Lebbar, adds: he called to “accelerate the simplification of administrative procedures instead of dragging and giving priority to serious people and Moroccans in the world in particular, in order to apply the royal instructions”.
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The Istiqlalian group of unity and egalitarianism abounds in the same direction as the previous groups. Government programs have no impact on high unemployment rates or the creation of employment opportunities, he said, while recognizing the existence of issues in the implementation of these programs and investments in the field, as well as problems of convergence between ministries. As an illustrative basis, he evokes the situation of the city of Tétouan. She suffers from a lack of creation of employment opportunities, especially for young people.
