Morocco's premier meets opposition parties

Morocco's premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, met on Monday with leaders of opposition parties, says a statement of Youssoufi's office.

The head of government, who leads the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, briefed the opposition leaders on a set of issues, including latest developments in the Sahara issue, fisheries negotiations with the European Union and measures envisioned to handle the CIH bank embezzlement case revealed by a parliamentary commission.

Youssoufi also surveyed the electoral draft laws that the government is studying and other priority texts.

The meeting also covered the possibility of holding an extraordinary session of the parliament, prior to the spring session, to look into the government bills, says the statement which stresses that participants agreed that all political actors should be associated in drafting the electoral laws.

The meeting also highlighted the role of the press in healing public life and mobilizing public opinion on issues that enjoy national unanimity.