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The House of Representatives, during a legislative session held on Tuesday, approved three draft laws related to the National Agency for the Evaluation and Assurance of the Quality of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the National Agency for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, and the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research.
Thus, the Council approved draft law No. 68.25 amending and supplementing law No. 80.12 concerning the National Agency for the Evaluation and Assurance of the Quality of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as well as draft law No. 038.25, which provides for the dissolution and liquidation of the National Agency for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, with the approval of 69 representatives, against the opposition of 10 representatives and the abstention of 15 others from voting. The Council also approved draft law No. 57.25, which amends and supplements the provisions of law No. 80.00 concerning the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research, with the approval of 69 representatives, against the opposition of four representatives and the abstention of 21 representatives from voting. The Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Ezz-Eddine Midaoui, explained in a presentation of these projects that the three texts fall within the framework of implementing the provisions of framework law No. 51.17 relating to the education, training and scientific research system, and what this entails from updating the legal arsenal framing national institutions and bodies in charge of support and coordination, highlighting that this framework law stipulated the issuance of four laws to activate its provisions. He pointed out that the ministry has worked, in a continuous and responsible manner, on preparing the legislative and regulatory texts emanating from the framework law, foremost of which is law No. 59.24 concerning higher education and scientific research, in addition to the three draft laws presented, explaining that only a draft law related to the National Office of Social and Cultural Affairs for Students remains, so that the government has completed the implementation of the various laws stipulated in the framework law.
