While the standoff continues between the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, and the Coordination of candidates who failed the aptitude test for the exercise of the profession of lawyer, the latter do not let go of the case and decided to go on an open hunger strike, starting on Friday 24 February. And for good reason, “ the lack of interaction with an urgent article that they submitted to the first president of the Court of Cassation, aimed at stopping the execution of a ministerial decision “.
According to the Coordination of candidates who failed the aptitude test for the exercise of the profession of lawyer, this escalation is intended to oppose the decision of the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, of the passage of the oral exam, which many students who failed the written exam see as an attempt to confirm the results despite the large ” imbalances and violations what they say this review experienced.
Thus, the hunger strike that the protesters intend to start one week before the oral aptitude test for the exercise of the profession of lawyer was announced during a press conference organized by the Coordination on Wednesday evening, in the presence of the representatives of the Coordination in most regions and cities of the Kingdom, who all confirmed that the stage of the hunger strike, will be implemented in the light of what they described as “ the suspicious and complicit silence of political actors and the persistent silence of the government, especially as the date of the oral exam, scheduled for early March 2023, approaches “.
In statements to MoroccoLatestNewson the sidelines of this conference, candidates who failed the bar exam revealed that their correspondence since late December with constitutional governance bodies and other national institutions had experienced either “ total disregard and lack of response ” either ” lack of jurisdiction “, thus addressing strong criticism to various political bodies in Morocco.
The members of the Coordination also pointed out that they had recourse to the Royal Cabinet, through official correspondence regarding their case, pointing out that “ they have their own ways of making their voices heard and their requests heard by His Majesty the King “.
“ We hold institutions that have not interacted with us accountable for what might happen after the various escalation steps we envisage in the future (…) Do not test our patience and courage (…) Our grievances will reach Her Majesty by our own means “Launched Leila Laraishi, member of the same Coordination, and representative of the coordination of unsuccessful candidates in the city of Meknes.
And to add: The 2011 constitution emphasized trust in the institutions that were created to protect these rights. However, in the first situation of injustice to which we were exposed, we test here the extent of its activation “.
It should be recalled that the controversy aroused by the results of the aptitude test for the exercise of the profession of lawyer started at the beginning of 2023, after a large category of candidates who failed denounced A ” nepotism in the results of the said examination, while on social networks, Internet users have highlighted the shenanigans of this bar test, which has undermined the Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi.