Anti-terrorism bill was unanimously approved on Tuesday by commission
Morocco, Politics, 5/22/2003

An anti-terrorism bill was unanimously approved on Tuesday by the justice, legislation and human rights commission of the House of Representatives (lower chamber of the parliament)

The bill was approved after commission members approved amendments proposed by majority parties at the parliament and deputies of the Democratic Forces Front (FFD).

Minister of justice, Mohamed Bouzouba?, told the first Moroccan TV channel on Tuesday he considers the unanimous approval of the bill a confirmation that all the Moroccan people is against terrorism, and are sending "a crystal clear message to the authors of such criminal acts."

Our country is united in the face of all hardships to defend all its democratic gains, he said.

In the same regard, the commission's chairman, Abdellah Baha, stressed that regardless of diverging viewpoints on some items of the bills, Moroccans are unified when it comes to defending the country's security and values.

The draft law on terrorism was first tabled before the parliament last April and the specialized commission requested more time to thoroughly examine the bill before adopting it.

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