A new draft freedom of information law for Morocco was tabled June 8 on the Parliament website (in Arabic).
The bill was referred to the Committee on Justice, Legislation and Human Rights which is expected to review it and could make amendments.
The development was noted in a short article (in French) in La Vie Éco, which pointed out (via Google Translate), “It took almost a year for this text, which is the subject of controversy and tension between government and Parliament can finally be put into the legislative system.”
On July 31, 2014, the government approved a third draft bill that was much criticized. (See previous FreedomInfo.org report on Article 19 comments, a report on an RTI Rating assessment, and an article by on Moroccan activist Saad Filali Meknassi.)
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