The Constitutional Court docket strips a parliamentarian of his club

The Constitutional Court docket issued a call to strip Kamal Mahfouz Ben Salah, a member of the Space of Representatives from the Fqih Ben Salah constituency, of his club, following his conviction for issuing a foul test.

This determination comes after the issuance of a last ruling by way of the Misdemeanor Chamber of the Beni Mellal Court docket of Attraction on Might 8, 2023, upholding the preliminary ruling issued on December 28, 2022 by way of the Court docket of First Example in Souk El-Sabbat, Oulad El-Nama, which served a six-month suspended sentence and a advantageous of fifty,000 dirhams. The Court docket of Attraction diminished the sentence to 2 months of suspended imprisonment. This ruling used to be upheld by way of the Felony Chamber of the Court docket of Cassation on April 8, 2024.

The Constitutional Court docket’s determination used to be in response to Article 11 of the Natural Regulation of the Space of Representatives, which stipulates {that a} consultant will probably be stripped of his club if a judicial conviction is issued towards him after the election. The court docket showed that the overall ruling issued towards Kamal Al-Mahfouz makes him ineligible for election.

The Constitutional Court docket made up our minds to claim the seat of the aforementioned consultant vacant, and ordered that partial elections be held to fill the vacant seat. This court docket determination used to be directed to the High Minister, the Speaker of the Space of Representatives, the Legal professional Basic of the King sooner than the Court docket of Cassation, and the involved birthday celebration, and printed within the Respectable Gazette.