Rabat, April 11, 2013 (MAP)
The UN secretary general latest report on the Sahara issue, submitted this week in New York, the government’s decision to freeze 15 billion DH in investments featured in this year’s finance bill and divergences within the government coalition made up the major themes of editorials published this April 11, 2013.
Bayane Al Yaoum considers that the UN Secretary general report came to confirm warnings issued by Morocco, by calling for an urgent settlement to the Sahara issue, owing to the mounting instability and insecurity in the Sahel region.
The editorialist calls the Moroccan diplomacy to play the card of terrorist threat and situation in Mali to encourage the international community to seek a final solution to this artificial conflict, arguing that the present context requires intensified efforts to face challenges in the region.
Aujourd’hui le Maroc writes that the freeze of 15 billion DH in public investments will have economic consequences and risks for the government.
It notes that the list of departments to be concerned by these cuts includes the education and health ministries, which are very important social departments. This means that we will have less schools and less health centers the editorialist deplores.
The daily also notes that important departments such as those of equipment and agriculture are also affected by these austerity cuts at a time ambitious strategies are closely linked to these departments.
Attajdid says there are two reasons for the spread of criticism on this decision: the first one is the government’s lack of communication and the second is the politician maneuvers of the opposition.
The government should have presented clearly before the public opinion all data related to the state finances and given an opportunity to economic experts to assess the situation.
In an editorial titled “what does remain of the majority”, Rissalat Al Oumma underlined the lack of cohesion within the parties forming the coalition.
The editorialist considers that the problem does not lie in the criticism expressed by the opposition parties but it is the verbal divergences between the opposition parties that make things worse.
