Mohamed Nabil Benabdellah, Secretary-General of the Progress and Socialism Party, considered, on Saturday, that the current government is silent “on a failed experience in implementing the commitments made to Moroccans, including those related to issues of people with disabilities,” and that “the achievements of previous governments are also weak in this regard,” adding that “the political participation of this group is indispensable for change.”
This came in an opening speech by Benabdellah during the meeting organized by the Equality and Women’s Rights Committee and the Rabat Frameworks Space of the Progress and Socialism Party, in coordination with the Moroccan Organization for the Rights of Women with Disabilities, under the title “Political Participation of People with Disabilities… Results of the National Study and the Challenges of Political Empowerment,” in the presence of a number of professors and experts researching the field.
On the cusp of an election year, the Secretary-General of the Progress and Socialism Party confirmed that the question raised is, “Is there a real basic will to crystallize the expectations of persons with disabilities, or is there only a discourse that is used and consumed from time to time without being followed by operational procedures?” He added, “Even with the presence of obligations such as those we find in the Moroccan constitution, which explicitly stipulates the necessity of caring for persons with disabilities politically, economically, socially, and educationally, with international agreements, laws, or decrees, we find that they are in “It is often inactive.”
The party official and former minister continued: “When we were in charge of a sector in the government concerned with people with disabilities, we took a set of legislative measures and initiatives that are being relied upon in what is expected today, without this being crystallized in the desired manner.”
Benabdallah stated: “The election year that we are facing will, without exaggeration, be a fateful year and a year of making choices, as it is necessary for male and female citizens to make choices on the basis of expressing their opinion in a government experiment that some circles may consider to have brought a set of gains for our country.” He added, adding, “But we in the party, without denying some positive initiatives, consider it a failed and dangerous experiment on multiple levels.”
The speaker attributed this description to the fact that “this is an experience that enriches a group of commitments to the Moroccan people, especially at the level of social affairs and specific issues, such as the issue of disability,” and continued: “Of course, we must acknowledge that even previous governments had weak achievements in this field.”
The former minister believes that “this is an issue for which we must find a solution,” considering that “this solution does not pass only through political forces such as the Progress and Socialism Party, which are concerned with this issue and litigate over it, but there is a necessity for political participation for all concerned and interested in the matter, whether for people with disabilities or others.” He added: “The situation is that what the political arena is experiencing highlights the loss of confidence, while this negative view applies to all its components without exception.” He also said: “This is not a correct view, and it must “There must be choices.”
Benabdallah explained that “out of the entire population of Morocco, only 8 million contribute to the electoral process, and a large portion contribute in return, due to vote buying and many corrupt practices,” highlighting that “this leaves the field open to those forces that practiced the policies that we have seen in the last four years.”
Addressing the actors interested in the issue of disability and the people with disabilities present, the speaker stressed that “it is difficult for forces alone to bring about change, without the political participation of citizens, including people with disabilities,” adding: “We depend on people’s trust and on explicit commitments; we may be on time, or we may fail at certain points, but rest assured that we will work and change, and our history is evidence of that.”
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