Morocco to launch TV channel for parliament, and another from Laayoune
Morocco, Politics, 4/4/2003

Morocco's Communication minister, Nabil Benabdellahn announced in Rabat on Wednesday the launching of two new TV channels, a parliamentary TV and a regional one, broadcasting from Laayoune (Southern Morocco).

The minister, who made the announcement at a conference held in Rabat's Law Faculty, stressed these two channels are part of endeavours aiming to develop the audio-visual sector, to accompany Morocco's democratic advance.

The Moroccan official further said the draft law regulating the audio-visual sector will soon be tabled in the parliament, recalling the creation of the high audio-visual communication authority that comprises the high council of audio-visual communication and the general directorate of audio-visual communication.

Touching on the draft law regulating Morocco radio-television broadcasting (RTM), he stressed that this project aims to endow public media with a "strong" channel, that gives the priority to quality national productions, an objective that can't be achieved without motivating the personnel in terms of compensations and training.

Concerning the written press, he praised the role played by Maghreb Arab Press Agency (MAP) as well as its distinguished standing on both Arab and African levels.

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