“The Ministry of Justice is willing to deal with the file of children abroad, but negotiators of the file in other countries do not deal with it in a reasonable way,” said Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi on Monday during an oral session in the House of Representatives on the matter of unaccompanied Moroccan immigrant children.
Abdellatif Ouahbi, the Minister of Justice, stated that nations are not collaborating with Morocco in the case involving the return of unaccompanied migrant children, alleging that some parties utilize this problem for political gain.
The Minister said, “the children of Moroccans are our responsibility, so this issue should not be used politically,” without mentioning any particular nation.
The Ministry made it apparent that it wanted to resolve the problem, underlining the fact that “the file is being manipulated, which hinders the Ministry’s efforts.”
On the other hand, the Minister of Justice stressed that a shift in society’s attitude towards Moroccan women will strengthen their rights and situation, in answer to a query concerning the challenges divorced women have in getting alimony.
“If we are not convinced that women and men are equal in this country, we will not be able to achieve anything,” according to the minister, “the issue is a matter of conviction, these difficulties would be handled the day that Moroccans are convinced that women and men are equal”.
The ministry will reexamine the alimony issue, according to Ouahbi, “men shouldn’t be able to remarry before paying the alimony for the first wife.”
The King “is the only one who has the authority to decide the time in which we will begin to amend the Code, and he is the only one who will determine the reform, given that the matter is related to a diverse society around it,” the Minister stated in reference to the Family Code reform.
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