The National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and Fight Against Corruption told lawmakers on Wednesday that the country’s national anti-corruption strategy has fallen short and isn’t making a real difference in people’s lives and its mid-term review shows limited and uneven progress across sectors, with very little visible impact on citizens.
The authority’s secretary general, Ahmed Laamoumri, was presenting the institution’s 2026 draft budget at the House of Councillors when he said Morocco cannot move forward with major development projects unless corruption is reduced.
Laamoumri noted that fighting corruption is now a basic requirement for strong, sustainable and inclusive development.
According to the authority, the country is now in a position to launch a “new generation” strategy. The upcoming plan will be based on a realistic assessment of past policies and will build on what has been achieved so far.
The authority is finalizing its five-year roadmap for 2025–2030 and plans to release it in the coming days. The new strategy will cover all areas outlined in Law 46.19, which defines the authority’s mandate.
For the authority, strengthening integrity systems is the real entry point to rebuild trust and support development. It argued that anti-corruption efforts only work when there is a comprehensive vision that puts prevention and institutional culture at the heart of public action.
Moving from laws on paper to measurable change, it added, requires political will, coordinated institutional engagement and collective mobilization.
During its budget presentation, the authority also reviewed Morocco’s corruption indicators, saying the data paints a worrying picture. Morocco’s international ranking has slipped sharply, from 47th place in 2015 to 95th in 2024.
The country has also fallen in the Bertelsmann Transformation Index, which measures political transformation. Morocco dropped from 47th place with a score of 4.48 in 2006 to 106th with 3.52 in 2024, a loss of 32 places.
The authority said this decline is linked to weaker performance in political participation, rule of law, and social and political inclusion.
It added that between 2023 and 2024, the risk level related to transparency in government and public administration increased, rising from 64 to 65 points. At the same time, the sub-index measuring governance quality also deteriorated.
The authority warned that without a serious, collective effort to reverse these trends, the country will struggle to meet its development ambitions.
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