French republic ombudsman in Morocco

The French republic ombudsman, Bernard Stazi, is expected in Morocco Thursday on a two-day visit at the invitation of the Ministry of Human Rights.

Stazi will confer with several members of the Cabinet, with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament and with the chairman of the Bar Association of Morocco.

Stazi will brief his interlocutors on France's experience regarding the mediatory institution.

Moroccan Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi had announced in a statement before the parliament last January that Morocco would set up in the course of year 2000 an independent institution similar to the mediatory institutions existing in some European countries. Such institutions receive and investigate complaints made by individuals against abuses or capricious acts of public officials and help achieve equitable settlements, MAP reported.