Morocco's Justice and Development Party (PJD) decried the “campaign” against former Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane because of the exceptional salary granted to him by King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper received a copy of a statement published by PJD by which it denounced the systematic campaign against the party and its leaders -- it also expressed the party’s solidarity with Benkirane against these attempts to undermine his integrity and patriotism.
It is essential to respect the rules and etiquette of political and media dialogue, away from offending households, people and authorities, added PJD.
In its statement, the party hailed the positive government performance shown through several indices, open workshops on the level of combating terrorism and enhancing the business environment, in addition to some Moroccan universities stepping up to the international level.
The party also rejected the attacks against the country, the attacks that aim to belittle exerted efforts to protect rights and freedoms and to fixate the independence of judiciary authority.
In its Saturday meeting chaired by Saadeddine Othmani, PJD asserted that Morocco has always been keen to tackle any gaps in the human rights field through responsible national mechanisms.
Meanwhile, Morocco's Minister of Human Rights Mustafa Ramid said that Morocco can’t escape the parliamentary kingship and any talks otherwise are totally wrong, hinting on statements made by Benkirane.
Ramid added that parliamentary kingship is the advanced level of community, constitutional and political development to be witnessed by Morocco, stressing that its conditions are not met currently.
The minister expressed his faith and trust in the state’s will and wish to move forward.
“We believe that the state, on top of it his excellency the king, has the insistence and determination to move forward.”
