Casablanca- “Stop kissing pupils,” the head of the Moroccan government, Mr. Abdelilah Benkirane said, addressing Moroccan teachers on Monday, during the first national debate on the draft of the integrated public policy for the protection of children.
According to daily Al Massae, Benkirane he asked in outrage Moroccan teachers to “stop kissing pupils and respect their bodies.”
During the debate, the head of the government was not the only one who expressed outrage against the dangers faced by Moroccan children. The Minister of Solidarity, Family and Social Development, Mrs. Bassima Hakkaoui, also denounced all sorts of abuses that Moroccan children face in Morocco.
“Children have the right to enjoy a normal life,” said the Minister, according to the same source, “and any verbal abuse against them must be criminalized.”
Benkirane also called for the criminalization of verbal abuse against children born as a result of an illegal relationship, according to daily Bayane Al Yaoume.
The head of the government called on the Ministry of Justice to prescribe the maximum penalties against anyone who abuses children, according to the same source.
For its part, daily Akhbar Al Yaoum highlighted the militant way in which Benkirane defended abandoned children in Morocco during the debate, and his indignation against the recent scandal in an orphanage in Rabat, in which the director was accused of sexually abusing children.
Edited by Elisabeth Myers
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