By RFPosted on 01-10-2019Modified on 01-10-2019 at 22:17

The manifesto of 490 "outlaws", published on September 23, has just exceeded the threshold of 8,000 signatures after the condemnation to one year in prison of Hajar Raissouni. Faced with this call from civil society for a national debate on individual freedoms, what about political parties?

For the moment, political parties are almost absent from the debate on individual liberties , occupied by the upcoming cabinet reshuffle.

Some have come forward, often individually, assuring that they have asked the debate even before the manifesto. This is the case of Moncef Belkhayat, member of the political bureau of the RNI, party of the government coalition. " As a progressive liberal political party," he says , "it is considered that there has been a need for a national debate, particularly within Moroccan institutions, but also within civil society, to discuss and get things done. "

The RNI set up a commission to set up a debate in Parliament on the laws that penalize abortion and sex outside marriage. " We can evolve this law, says Moncef Belkhayat, perhaps not decriminalize, but make it much more liberal. Now we have to do things in a progressive way, let's not forget that we are in a conservative society. We prefer that our debate be initiated from Morocco rather than feel some pressure from the West. "

Another party mobilized, the socialists of the PPS, who have been campaigning for years for a repeal of these laws, according to them obsolete. This manifesto is a way to make their commitment more visible.

On the side of the Islamists, majority in Parliament, the MP Amina Maelainine called for opening a serene and framed internal dialogue on individual freedoms within his party. A request that follows the trial of journalist Hajar Raissouni , and for the moment has remained a dead letter.

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