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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Monday, November 29, 2021

AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC
Councilors vote on Finance Bill this Tuesday:
Final stretch for the 2022 Finance Bill (PLF) in the second chamber. The moment of truth is approaching for the first budget of the government's mandate. The House of Councillors has just set this Monday at noon as the last deadline for receiving amendments from parliamentarians in the second chamber. Tomorrow, Tuesday, all eyes will turn to the parliamentary standing committee on finance, planning and economic development in the House of Councillors whose members will rule on the first part of the PLF...

VAT refund: Soon a billion dirhams for SMEs:
The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) is committed to accelerate the refund of minimum MAD 1 billion of VAT by the end of 2021, mainly in favor of very small and medium enterprises (TPME). This was decided Friday at a meeting held between Chakib Alj, President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Businesses (CGEM), and Khalad Zazou, Acting Director General of Taxes. This meeting was, in fact, an opportunity to expose the great difficulties encountered by members of the CGEM to recover the VAT credit, especially in this period where the cash flow of economic operators is under stress...


LE MATIN DU SAHARA:
The Covid-19 vaccination campaign is stalling: no more than 3,500 new vaccinees per day:
Despite the efforts made in communication, Morocco is struggling to accelerate its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 while a fourth wave of contamination is expected soon. According to Dr. Said Afif, the numbers of first-time vaccinees have dropped by more than eight times in the last few weeks and continue their downward trend...

Omicron variant: possible to develop vaccine 'very quickly', says Oxford scientist:
The British scientist who led the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine research said Saturday that a new serum could be developed "very quickly" against the Omicron variant. Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said it was "extremely unlikely" that the new variant would spread widely among the vaccinated population, "as we saw last year" with the Delta variant...


LES INSPIRATIONS ECO
Covid-19. Morocco closes its doors:
Since Sunday at 11:59 p.m., Morocco has officially suspended its scheduled flights with France. Initially, the decision, reported Thursday, November 25 by the Moroccan News Agency (MAP), was to be implemented from Friday evening, 24 hours later. Fortunately, a few hours later, a postponement to Sunday night at midnight was finally decided "to facilitate the return of Moroccan citizens and foreigners residing in Morocco," explained agency...

IT. The scarcity of profiles persists:
Morocco has known for several years a beautiful evolution in the IT & Telecom sector thanks to which it has managed to position itself internationally. If it is competitive, certainly, it is also thanks to well-trained profiles that the Kingdom has been able to distinguish itself, so much so that today, international companies no longer hesitate to come and draw from this pool of skills...


LIBÉRATION
The Guardia Civil in the hot seat. The sad fate of two Yemenis by the Spanish gendarmerie has caused an outcry:
The Guardia Civil (Spanish gendarmerie) is once again in the hot seat. Three of its agents are suspected of "degrading treatment" towards two Yemenis, who tried to enter Mellilia by swimming. According to the AMDH-Nador section, the two migrants were beaten and their swimming suits were removed before they were thrown into the sea. This drama resulted in the death of one of the two migrants...

Driss Lachguar: A particularly important step in the journey of our party and which must contribute all Ittihadis for a full success:
This is a fact. The Preparatory Commission of the 11th National Congress of the USFP decided last Saturday to hold the National Council of the party on December 18 to approve all documents related to the upcoming congress...