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The majority components of the House of Councilors considered that discussing the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts for the year 2024-2025 constitutes an important institutional milestone for appreciating the achievements made in a number of major reform projects, most notably the state social and social protection workshops, in addition to being an opportunity to diagnose the shortcomings and identify the imbalances that require treatment within the framework of a constructive and responsible approach, far from any belittling or rhetorical approaches that would reduce the efforts made in managing the issue. General. The components of the majority highlighted, during the discussion of the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts in the House of Councilors, on Wednesday morning, that these oversight reports constitute a basic constitutional mechanism for consolidating the culture of evaluation, linking responsibility to accountability, enhancing the effectiveness of public policies, and improving the performance of public facilities, in line with the transformations that the Kingdom is witnessing at the level of governance and the modernization of public management. Confronting calls for despair and belittlement. The National Rally of Independents team in the House of Councilors considered that this discussion represents an opportunity to instill hope among citizens and confront calls for “despair and belittlement,” while acknowledging to public administrators and political officials the efforts made to improve the quality of public services, calling for dealing with the reports of the Supreme Council of Accounts as “a lever for correction and continuous evaluation of public performance,” far from using them to settle accounts or belittle efforts, in a manner consistent with international standing. Which Morocco has reached today. He added that this constitutional mechanism created within the framework of cooperation between constitutional authorities and governance bodies, and within the framework of Parliament’s performance of its oversight responsibilities with the assistance of the Supreme Council of Accounts, constitutes an opportunity to emphasize the importance of joint and responsible work between institutions in order to consolidate society’s confidence in political institutions, respond to the aspirations of citizens, and serve the public good. The head of the team, Mohamed Al-Bakouri, explained that the social protection universalization workshops achieved “unprecedented” results, highlighting that the state has borne more than 27 billion dirhams for the benefit of vulnerable groups within the framework of the “Amo Solidarity” system, in addition to allocating about 52 billion dirhams for direct social support, in exchange for an emphasis on continuing to reform public finances, strengthening tax justice, and expanding the tax base. He pointed out that the government succeeded in strengthening the social state by expanding the benefit of compulsory sickness insurance and direct social support, in parallel with continuing fiscal reform workshops, linking the budget to impact, and improving the efficiency of performance, considering that these reforms reflect the government’s commitment to consolidating good governance and strengthening confidence in institutions. Al-Bakuri called for launching a new generation of governance-enhancing reforms, through legislative reform of financial courts and enhancing their capabilities to keep pace with the transformations that the Kingdom is experiencing, while convening comprehensive reform workshops for public finance management by continuing to reform the regulatory law of finance, implementing the new strategy for public finance management, reviewing the public administrators’ responsibility system, and accelerating the transition from accounting of means to accounting of impact. In this context, the speaker highlighted what he described as the “remarkable and unprecedented progress” achieved by the workshops for generalizing compulsory disease insurance, recalling that the state has borne subscriptions exceeding 27 billion dirhams for the benefit of vulnerable groups within the framework of the “Amo Solidarity” system, calling for continuing to ensure the sustainability of the system and its financial balance, by controlling insurance system expenses and developing mechanisms to maintain a balance between expenses and resources, controlling the risks associated with the delay or failure of operators to pay subscriptions, and ensuring the credibility of the system. Declared data. He also mentioned the reform witnessed by the National Social Security Fund by merging the public and private sectors into one fund with the aim of developing the governance system, pointing to the “great success” achieved by the unified social registry and the direct social support program, which enabled about 4 million families to benefit, according to an approach based on enhancing the accuracy of targeting and improving governance and efficiency in directing support to deserving groups. He explained that the state had borne, as of the end of January 2026, about 52 billion dirhams, of which 33 billion dirhams were allocated to subsidies directed to child protection and 19 billion dirhams to lump sum subsidies, which allowed 5.5 million children and more than 966,000 widows to benefit, including about 380,000 widows with their children, in addition to more than 1,600,000 people over the age of 60. Obstacles to implementing social protection Karim Al-Hams, head of the Authenticity and Modernity Team, stressed that the Authenticity and Modernity Team does not view the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts as a report for accountability or to impose restrictions on elected officials and those responsible. Rather, it considers it a partnership to improve the management of public affairs, a rich document, and an independent development plan that contributes to strengthening public programs, considering it a basic, complementary and constructive development pillar. Al-Hams confirmed that the implementation of social protection workshops is still hindered by obstacles referred to in the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts, such as the continued high financial burdens, the long deadlines for compensation for sickness expenses, the delay in granting benefits and treatment costs, and other observations related to this area. He called on the government to adopt the reforms proposed by the report in future plans, by activating regional health authorities, reducing the cost of engaging in social protection, increasing efficiency and governance in the pharmaceutical market, and strengthening oversight of the private sector. He also appreciated the state’s efforts in the field of direct social support, which witnessed an expansion in the number of beneficiary families, calling for the mobilization of financial resources to finance this community project with greater efficiency in studying the conditions for registration in the social registry and resolving the problems that hinder the benefit of poor and fragile families. Regarding the program to reduce spatial and social disparities extending from 2017 to 2023, Karim Al-Hams stressed that it constitutes an added value for local development through its objectives related to building roads, strengthening the infrastructure for education and health, and providing the population with potable water and electricity. He appreciated the work done by the territorial administration and elected officials in this field, highlighting that the completion rate reached 98 percent thanks to cooperation between government sectors, territorial communities, the Fund for the Development of the Rural World and Mountain Regions, and the National Office. For water and electricity. It was recorded that the Supreme Council of Accounts noted a number of imbalances, the most notable of which was the allocation of about 71 percent of the program’s budget to building roads and roads, compared to only 29 percent for the rest of the development projects related to water, electricity, health, and education, despite the importance of these sectors in reducing regional disparities, in addition to the weakness of the management and technical capabilities of some of the bodies charged with implementation, which led to the faltering of some projects, weak coordination, and disparity in the outcome of implementation between the regions. He considered that these observations constitute a beacon for the ongoing reforms related to the development of territorial administration and the strengthening of territorial justice, appreciating the interventions referred to in the report, especially assigning the management of the Fund for the Development of Rural Areas and Mountainous Areas to the agriculture sector, considering that the Council went directly to diagnose the deficiencies and propose solutions, especially through its recommendations directed to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economy and Finance regarding documenting the approach adopted in determining the financial envelope and establishing a mechanism to control financial estimates and ensure the realistic timeliness of projects. Linking responsibility to accountability and the centrality of territorial justice. The head of the Independent Team for Unity and Equality, Abdul Salam Al-Labbar, confirmed that the principle of linking responsibility to accountability constitutes a basic foundation for consolidating good governance and ensuring the effectiveness of public management, stressing that achieving territorial justice remains a pivotal input to the success of the development model and reducing the disparities between the various territorial areas. Al-Labbar highlighted that the Kingdom has voluntarily engaged in structured workshops to re-engineer public decision-making within the framework of expanded regionalization and administrative and utility decentralization, as a strategic option aimed at establishing a sustainable development model based on comprehensive and balanced territorial justice that includes various parts of the Kingdom. Al-Labbar explained that these workshops require establishing territorial governance based on modern foundations, strengthening the democratic legitimacy of territorial institutions, while expanding the circle of involvement of various actors in formulating, implementing and evaluating development decisions, in order to ensure greater effectiveness of public policies at the local and regional levels. He added that Morocco has accumulated important progress in the field of territorial development through a set of reforms and measures, but the data contained in the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts reveal the persistence of structural challenges that require a new reform spirit, especially with regard to reducing spatial disparities, improving the efficiency of territorial municipality management, and developing the territorial approach to investment. The head of the independence team stressed that the model of the territorial social state is based on the link between social justice and territorial justice, and is based on two basic pillars: expanded regionalization and administrative decentralization, highlighting that this trend is supported by important legal and institutional reforms, including the regulatory laws for territorial communities, the framework law for social protection, and the administrative decentralization charter. He stressed that the success of this model remains dependent on overcoming the existing constraints, enhancing coordination between the various stakeholders, and establishing a culture of responsibility and accountability, allowing the social state to be transformed from a mere support mechanism into a framework for the actual socio-economic integration of vulnerable groups. Fairness to the working class and keeping up with social reforms. Abdel-Ilah Al-Siba, a member of the General Union of Workers in Morocco, confirmed that fairness to the working class is an essential input for any reform project, pointing out in return that the data and statistics contained in the report of the Supreme Council of Accounts regarding the implementation of the program to reduce social and spatial disparities reflect the extent of the efforts made to break the isolation from the rural world and improve living conditions. However, this outcome, according to his expression, remains insufficient unless it is directly reflected in the situation. The working people, their purchasing power, and social justice in distributing the fruits of growth, especially in light of the continuing regional and social disparities. In this context, the interventionist stressed that the transition towards the stage of integrated programs for territorial development requires benefiting from the conclusions of previous experience to avoid the imbalances that have emerged, most notably the problems of governance, considering that any territorial policy that does not place equity for working people at the heart of its priorities will remain limited in its impact on the social level, despite the size of the appropriations and programmes. Abdul-Ilah Al-Siba stressed that the indicators related to regional and social disparities are still below the level of collective ambition, highlighting that the problem is not only related to the abundance of programs or the size of the funds, but rather to the extent of their ability to make a tangible impact on the working groups that bear the greatest burden of economic and social transformations, adding that unemployment remains one of the most prominent challenges that reflect the limited effectiveness of public policies in creating job opportunities, and that the debate about the definition of unemployment or methods for measuring it cannot hide the pressing social reality experienced by young people. He considered that the outcome in the field of employment remains modest, despite the acknowledgment of the difficult context characterized by the repercussions of drought, the Corona pandemic, and international fluctuations, stressing that governments are measured by their ability to innovate solutions in the face of crises, and that making employment at the core of the priorities of the new generation of integrated territorial programs is of special importance, especially in the rural world, which still suffers from limited economic opportunities. He added that the program to reduce spatial and social disparities, despite the progress it has achieved in isolation projects since its launch in 2017, requires today that efforts be directed more towards improving basic social services, especially education and health, highlighting that despite the allocations allocated to these two sectors, which amounted to about 140 billion dirhams during the current government term, the shortage still exists, especially in the rural sector, which is directly reflected in the conditions of families and the working class that bears the cost of this. Lack of services. The speaker linked the reduction of regional and social disparities with fairness to the working class, stressing that any public policy that does not guarantee the protection of purchasing power and improvement of the real income of workers remains incomplete, especially in light of the continuing rise in the inflation rate, which has limited the impact of the social measures taken, in addition to the continuation of speculation and greed, which has increased pressure on Moroccan families, in a volatile international economic context.
