Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister, stated that “the laws that were put in place and the public and sectoral policies, measures and programs that were drawn up were ultimately intended to serve the state’s social project.” It is a major national project whose creation goes exclusively to His Majesty King Mohammed VI,” stressing that “the social state project is not a subject of policy, and the government has worked to manage it well and accelerate its implementation with the seriousness and efficiency it possesses.”
Akhannouch recorded, while speaking in a public session at Parliament headquarters devoted to presenting the interim outcome of the government’s work, on his initiative, that “social protection workshops in all their manifestations, represented by universalizing health coverage, launching direct social support, housing support, and other initiatives, are an embodiment of the ambition and philosophy of His Majesty the King.” May God grant him victory, and he is governed by the same bet of consecrating the social state and preserving the dignity of the citizen.”
The same government official continued: “We will not exaggerate in saying that half of the term we spent witnessed the achievement of an unprecedented social revolution at the level of the Royal Workshops’ generalization of compulsory health coverage; Immediately after its inauguration, the government prepared an integrated strategic vision to ensure health coverage for all citizens, regardless of their social, financial, or professional status. He added: “We were fully convinced that ensuring the optimal implementation of the health coverage project would not be effective without wise management that avoided the shortcomings of previous programs, as happened with Ramid system.
The Prime Minister added: “The government succeeded, starting on December 1, 2022, that is, about 14 months after its arrival, in generalizing basic compulsory insurance for sickness in accordance with the goals and time frame set for it, as the previously beneficiaries were transferred from the ‘RAMED’ system, which at that time included 4 Millions of families, meaning more than 10 million male and female citizens, are moving toward a compulsory health insurance system with a budget borne by the state amounting to 9.5 billion dirhams annually, while ensuring financial sustainability and successful targeting of beneficiaries as a political and developmental commitment before the King and in response to the expectations of Moroccans.”
In his presentation before Parliament in both chambers, Akhannouch pointed out “the integration of the category of unemployed workers into the compulsory sickness insurance system, which was a major challenge that required the adoption of a participatory approach in order to prepare and approve 28 implementing decrees for the basic compulsory sickness insurance system law, relating to a group of categories.” He stressed that “after the inauguration of the government, there was no legal text to implement the health coverage project.”
The same spokesman added: “2 million and 400 thousand non-salaried professionals have been registered, and the door to benefiting from the basic health insurance system has been opened to 6 million beneficiaries and those with rights related to them,” adding: “This is why we say that the social state is not just slogans and words, but They are actual decisions and concrete measures,” and he added: “After setting the regulations for categories of unpaid workers and people unable to bear the duty of participation, meaning ‘Amu – Solidarity’, the government worked to establish the ‘Amu Comprehensive’ system, which is an additional system directed to people who are able to Performing subscription duties for those who do not engage in any paid or unpaid activity.”
The leader of the government coalition also said that “the moment of the actual launch of the direct social support workshops remains one of the distinguished historical milestones that all Moroccans will remember,” and he continued: “Our success in holding these royal workshops represented the source of our pride first as citizens, before being members of the government, in addition to being “Officials feel the importance of this national workshop, the procedures of which we were honored to download.”
Akhannouch continued: “There is no doubt that this noble national workshop will enable millions of low-income families to emerge from fragility and social marginalization. Our country today is establishing equitable and sustainable solidarity social policies that enhance the level of confidence in the future,” adding that “the issue of fighting poverty and fragility and preserving the dignity of citizens is not an issue of the right, left, or center, and is not slogans for consumption and polishing the image, but rather it is an issue of a king and a people that aspires to guarantee the conditions for decent living.” “And it strengthens the immunity of the family, which is the solid nucleus of society, in the face of life’s vicissitudes.”
From this standpoint, the same spokesman confirmed that the government will devote itself during the first half of its term to “preparing and strengthening the practical, time and budgetary framework for these workshops, as well as determining the modalities and conditions for implementing them, while completing the system of targeting its beneficiaries and securing sustainable financial allocations, according to a participatory approach and tight coordination between all ministerial sectors.” Concerned, as all the legal and regulatory texts framing it were prepared and published in a short time.”
In this context, Akhannouch pointed to “the law related to the direct social support system, then the law establishing the National Social Support Agency, in addition to a number of implementing decrees and ministerial decisions.” In addition to accelerating the issuance of the unified social registry in the year 2023 instead of the previously ruled 2025,” he went on to explain: “In this context, the government has adopted a new approach in implementing the direct social support system, which is based on providing direct support to families who wish to do so and are not currently covered by the social security systems and are eligible.” Targeting conditions after registering them in the Unified Social Register. The support, whose value will increase on an annual basis to stabilize by the year 2026, includes subsidies directed to children, based on providing direct support to families with children, including sponsored children, in the form of a monthly grant and also supplementary support.
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