The government will not back down from enforcing the mandatory vaccine pass in Moroccan courts, said the Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi, as the lawyers’ protest against the decision, has paralyzed court activities for more than a week.
“This state has existed for 12 centuries and has not been shaken by anyone, and no one will shake it,” added Ouhabi in his statement in front of the parliament.
Despite amending vaccine passes in public and private places in Morocco since October 2021, the implementation of the decision remained blurry and confusing, with establishments and schools keeping their doors open to vaccinated and unvaccinated people, provided they wear masks and observe social distancing.
Following a tripartite memorandum signed by the Minister of Justice, the Delegated Head of the Judicial Authority, and the Chief of Public Prosecution, the ministry of justice excluded, earlier this month, unvaccinated people from entering the courts and implemented a vaccination pass system at every court entrance.
The decision outraged Moroccan lawyers who took to the streets to protest the “illegal memorandum,” that invades citizens’ personal freedom and threatens to harm the judicial security of citizens and the conditions for fair trials, according to the association of lawyers in Morocco’s statement.
Representatives echoed their demands in the house of Parliament, as they questioned the ministry’s future plans facing the ongoing manifestations.
In response, Ouahbi made it clear that “lawyers can ask for anything, except asking me not to apply the law,” as he added that the door is still open for a discussion about how vaccine passes are controlled upon entry into the courthouse.
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