This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – follow-up
The Higher Council of Accounts has published its annual report on the state of the national economy and public finances and its observations concerning a certain number of public institutions in Morocco. This report included a set of points that Hiba Press will publish in detail in subsequent articles.
Among the contents of the report, we find a declaration from officials of the kingdoms, in which it is indicated that the Superior Council of Accounts is competent to receive, monitor and control declarations relating to persons obliged by law within certain categories of public officials and agents appointed by royal decree or who exercise their powers throughout the national territory, in addition to members of the government and personalities similar to them, the heads of their offices, and the members of the Superior Council of Communication audiovisual as well as its first president. directs an established body of the High Accounting Council, for which he provides secretariat. The public is one of its higher authorities, responsible for receiving, controlling and following up on the declarations of members of the House of Representatives, members of the House of Councilors and members of the Constitutional Court.
While the Regional Audit Commissions are responsible for receiving, monitoring and controlling declarations relating to certain elected representatives of territorial councils and professional chambers, in particular members and heads of cabinet, in addition to those required from certain categories of agents or public officials other than those appointed by royal decree or who exercise their powers within the framework of their territorial influence.
The Council published the result of the receipt of land declarations during the period from January 1, 2023 to September 30, 2022, because those obliged in the category of public employees and agents and in the category of local elected officials respectively constitute the source of 39% and 60% of declarations filed.
The total number of land declarations filed with the financial courts during the period from January 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 reached a total of 15,876 declarations, of which 1,239 declarations were filed with the Superior Council of Accounts and 14,637 declarations were filed with the Higher Accounts Council. regional accounts councils.
The number of public employees and officials declaring their assets in total was around 6,229 people, while those declared by local elected officials totaled 9,507 people, while the number of those declared in the “other categories” category » was 140 people.
