Bensaïd to “Press Contracting”: “Benefiting from support depends on respecting the collective agreement. »

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press – Rabat

The Minister of Culture, Youth and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, stressed that journalistic companies benefiting from public support depend on respecting the content of the collective agreement.

In his speech at the meeting of the Education, Culture and Communication Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Bensaid said that the government sponsored the payment of exceptional support to the press “salaries , contributions to the National Social Security Fund and income”. tax” since the Corona pandemic.

The minister added that the value of the exceptional aid increased from 164 million dirhams in 2020 to 325 million dirhams in 2024, indicating that it will end next March.

The minister stressed that support for the press sector aims, on the one hand, to strengthen journalistic businesses and improve the social and economic situation of journalists, on the other hand, adding that the profit and disbursement will be made in accordance with under the aforementioned conditions.