At least 500 citizens sent complaints on compulsory vaccination to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), the association’s president, Aziz Ghali told to Hespress.
The complaints include those who were prohibited from entering their workplaces, prohibited from subsidized flour, and from entering markets.
“How do you talk about a desert affected by drought and that must be supported, while at the same time depriving a number of citizens of their right to access the market as the only source of their livelihood?” said Ghali.
He referred to unvaccinated citizens who were either prevented from selling or buying products in local markets, according to reports collected by AMDH.
In Zagora for instance, the AMDH noted cases of people who were prevented from their share of subsidized flour until after receiving the third dose.
Ghali said that while there aren’t official cases of people expelled from their jobs for lack of vaccine passes, his association recorded cases of people being denied entry to their workplaces. In Marrakesh, he said 6 lawyers were prevented from entering the courts.
Earlier this month, the trade Union Confederation of Employees, affiliated with the Moroccan Labor Confederation, dennounced the government’s decision to force public servants to present valid vaccine passes before entering their workplace.
The union said “the decision is not based on any legislative law,” and warned that “its application will lead to the expulsion of refusing employees from the public service network.”
The union, which represents public sector employees, stated in a press release that “this approach, which the government intends to implement, violates the general statute of the public service.”
Employees will be subject to penalties such as wage deductions, which was confirmed by a work memorandum issued by the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform.
The document calls on all ministry employees who have not yet been vaccinated to rush to take their first, second or third doses, giving them a 7-day deadline.
The memo stated that all employees of the ministry who did not comply with these procedures, after the expiry of the seven-day period, will be prevented from entering the workplace, and they are considered in the event of deliberate interruption of work.
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