Moroccan government supplies MPs with detailed data to deepen 2025 Finance Bill discussions

Opposition and majority parliamentary groups in Morocco’s lower chamber have requested the Minister of Economy and Finance provide a detailed package of “documents, data, and supporting information” to enrich discussions on the 2025 Finance Bill, in accordance with Articles 220 and 223 of the House’s internal rules.

Hespress AR sources revealed that the parliamentary groups have started receiving a detailed 260-page document from the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

This document, which is expected to be presented alongside the government’s response starting from Thursday, contains the data and information requested by the parliamentary groups in the House of Representatives to facilitate their discussion of the 2025 Finance Bill within the Finance and Economic Development Committee.”

It also provides the information requested by the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), the Socialist group, the Movement party, the Party of Progress and Socialism, and the Justice and Development parliamentary group, along with specific data requested by MP Fatima Tamni.

As the general discussions conclude and detailed deliberations begin in the House Finance and Economic Development Committee on the 2025 Finance Bill, this data is expected to be a central resource.

However, Idriss Sentissi, head of the Popular Movement group in the House, described the information as “partially insufficient.”

In a statement to Hespress Ar, Sentissi said that “the Popular Movement submitted its request on October 22, but we only received a response late on the evening of October 30, right before the detailed discussions and the presentation of the budgets for various sectors and ministries.”

He stated, “the responses we received are partially insufficient and lack updated documents or figures on critical issues necessary for a deeper discussion of the finance bill,” noting that “some of the data is outdated, dating back several years, particularly regarding the informal sector.”

For his part, Rachid Hamouni, head of the Progress and Socialism group in the House of Representatives, emphasized that “initiating detailed discussions on the most important annual finance bill calls for clear answers from the government.”

Yet, in a statement to Hespress AR, Hamouni commended “the government’s prompt response to requests from all parliamentary groups, noting that the provided data will enhance transparency and improve tracking of public finance performance and efficiency.”