King Mohammed VI granted pardon to a total of 1059 prisoners, on the occasion of the Id Al Adha, Moslem ram sacrifice feast and of the Independence Manifesto day, both celebrated this year on January 11th.
Total pardon was granted to 116 over their remaining prison term or seclusion, reduction of imprisonment term or seclusion to 709, commuting of life imprisonment to time term to 11, total pardon over the prison term or its remaining time to 25.
The royal pardon also concerned writing off the fines to 89 individuals, total pardon of the imprisonment term with maintaining the payment of the fine to 103 and pardon of the prison term and fine to 6 prisoners.
In a congratulation message sent on the occasion of Id Al Adha to heads of States of Moslem countries, King Mohammed VI said the festival is the opportunity to remind Moslems of their religious duty to be in solidarity and to uphold fraternity, tolerance and moderation values, while rejecting extremism, ostracism and terrorism.
The Moroccan sovereign also said in the best wishes message Moslems have to strive to make right and justice triumph, spread good and virtue in the world and promote the noble human ideals both among themselves and in other parts of the world.
King Mohammed VI expressed wishes of good health and happiness for the heads of States of Moslem countries, and progress and prosperity for their peoples.
In the message, the monarch also prayed for the consolidation of the Islamic solidarity ties and the reinforcement of the relations between Morocco and these countries for the well-being of the Islamic Ummah.
A united Moslem community, said the sovereign, will better take up the challenges it faces and contribute to the wealth of the human civilisation.
After the destruction of the cannabis cultivated on more than 4,000 hectares, which started in June 2005, the Larache authorities are providing alternative solutions for local farmers to substitute Cannabis with olive trees.According to the Regional Agency for Agricultural Development of Loukous region (ORMVAL), studies showed that olive trees of “Haouzia” species constitute the best cultivating substitution for that region. This species could adapt to the region's rude climate and produce high quality oil. Hence, the farmers would have sufficient legal incomes.
Last Friday, the governor of the province, Maoulainine Ben Khalihanna, presided over the distribution of the first olive tree saplins in the rural commune of “El Kula” near Larache city.
This was the first step of the planting programme which combines the efforts of local authorities, local citizens and the ORMVAL.
The project received a common approval of local farmers. This has been the result of an efficient sensitisation effort that succeeded in convincing the locals of the possible benefits of an alternative cultivation.
The plan aims to distribute over 50,000 olive trees this year. A common agreement was made with all the rural communities in order to harmonise the efforts of all involved parties. The programme is worth MAD 5 million, say ORMVAL executives.
The cannabis framers are very poor. The culture of “Kif” constitutes the only, but a very low, income source available in the climatic and soil conditions of Morocco's northern regions. Farmers are completely exploited by drug traffickers, but they hardly profit at all.
Twenty-three people were killed and 63 injured, 11 seriously, when two coaches collided on a road in southern Morocco on Tuesday, state news agency MAP reported.
Two buses collided 20 km (12 miles) from the tourist city of Marrakesh, on the road linking the southern cities of Marrakech and Agadir and according to MAP the crash was blamed on excessive speed.
The injured were transported to hospitals in Marrakech.
Sixteen people were killed and 1,011 were injured, including 64 seriously, in road accidents that occurred on January 2 through 8 in urban areas in Morocco and according to the General Direction of National Security, the main causes behind these accidents are pedestrians' recklessness, speed excess and non observance of the traffic law.
Some 3,894 people were killed in road accidents in 2004, a 0.4% increase compared to 2003, according to the Ministry of Equipment and Transport. During the last ten years, road accidents increased at a yearly basis of 3pc, causing enormous economic losses.
The Moroccan government launched a road safety campaign two years ago after it was estimated that around 10 people died everyday in road accidents that cost the country 11 billion dirhams ($1.21 billion) a year - that is 2.5% of the GDP. .
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