HIBAPRESS – Mohamed Manfalouti
The new system for recording data of associations in Morocco, according to the contents of Article 12 of the Moroccan Constitution, and Article 15 of Royal Decree No. 1.58.376 issued on November 15, 1958, which is considered the regulator of the right to establish the latter, today imposed an administrative update that relies on digitization in order to achieve the principle of financial transparency and the composition of the legal offices of these associations.
While the administrative and digital update aims primarily to accelerate the process of settling all files and, through them, enable the legally constituted association offices to obtain final receipts to resume their associative work, the reality proves the opposite.
Here, in the province of Settat, for example, many educational institutions, whether primary, secondary or high schools, are eagerly awaiting the release of the final receipts for the offices of the associations supporting the success of their schools, despite the insistence and almost daily communication, which has disrupted services in these public facilities and disrupted financial operations there.
This reality has negatively affected the roles of these associations and has contributed to the disruption of their activities and annual work programs, and has also limited their movements in the search for partners and contributors.
This is a message to the concerned authorities in the territory of the Settat province to work on finding a new approach that aims to accelerate the recording of data and the issuance of receipts, whether temporary or final, while ensuring respect for the applicable legal deadlines, in a way that ensures transparency and facilitates administrative procedures in the service of the public interest, in line with the wording of Article 12 of the Moroccan Constitution, which explicitly stipulates the establishment of associations and the call to practice their activities freely within the framework of respect for the constitution and the law.
