2024-05-11 16:53:49
A first simulation session, organized on Friday for students from the Al Haouz region, marked the start of this initiative, which will continue throughout the Show by holding simulations of plenary sessions where students will take on the roles of various public figures, notably the president of the session, the session secretary, parliamentarians and members of the government, following to the letter the internal regulations of Parliament.
On this occasion, a room similar to that of the plenary sessions of Parliament was set up in the pavilion space.
The first workshop was dedicated to the simulation of a previous plenary session of the House of Representatives, which included a central question on “the effects and repercussions of the earthquake on the educational sector in the affected areas of the province of Al Haouz”, in homage to this region which experienced the ordeal of the earthquake.
According to a carefully established program, the simulation session lasted approximately twenty minutes. The president of the parliamentary session opened the session, specifying that its agenda includes three questions within the framework of the theme treated.
Before addressing the questions on the agenda of the session, the President gave the floor to the secretary of the session to read the correspondence received by the Chamber, including the bills presented by the Head of Government, the proposals of law from parliamentarians and the opinions sent by different institutions and bodies.
The chairman of the session subsequently announced the start of the oral questions on the agenda by giving the floor, in turn, to the parliamentarians asking the questions and to the minister concerned.
Like a regular plenary session, parliamentarians were invited to make their comments, followed by the minister being given the floor to respond to these comments. Then, the chairman of the session announced that all the questions on the agenda had been dealt with before thanking the audience and adjourning the session.
“The experience of chairing a session will remain engraved in my memory. It allowed me to have close contact with political work,” Youssef Fatihi, a third-year secondary school student, told MAP, expressing his hope to participate in similar activities and initiatives.
For his part, the director of communication and information systems at the House of Representatives, Aziz El Mouhib, indicated that this is the first time that Parliament has presented an initiative of this kind, which coincides with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Moroccan legislative institution.
According to him, this experience “remains pioneering compared to the experiences of other international parliaments which simulate sessions but within the confines of the main parliament”, explaining that what distinguishes it is “the movement of the parliament towards the spaces of the Salon, illustrating thus opening up to students and young people.
In coordination between Parliament and the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, nine establishments were selected to experiment with the simulation of a plenary session that actually took place in Parliament, he said. , emphasizing that the archives of Parliament were used to return to the subjects of these sessions and simplify them in order to allow students to play their roles more easily.
In this regard, Mr. El Mouhib praised the exceptional performances of the students, noting that the simulation experience “is part of the roles played by Parliament and brings its work closer to different groups and segments of society.”
For her part, the president of the media and communication department at the House of Advisors, Souad El Hammami, affirmed that this experience, the first of its kind for African parliaments as a whole, required a month of work and coordination. between executives of Parliament and those of the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports to select and train students who have expressed their desire to participate in this experience.
She also noted that “the students lived this experience with passion and fulfilled their roles in the best possible way”, stressing that some parliamentarians among the participating students used the Amazigh language, like what happens during parliamentary sessions, in addition to the sign language which was provided during the simulation session to highlight this “laudable and unprecedented experience for a parliament in North Africa”.
Ms. El Hammami also highlighted the enthusiasm generated by the simulation session during the first day of the International Publishing and Book Fair at the parliamentary pavilion.
For her part, Fatima Laqrech, executive in the direction of school life at the Ministry of National Education, preschool and sports, noted the quality and unique nature of this experience carried out in partnership between Parliament and the ministry, who took care to supervise and supervise the participating students.
She also praised the performance of students from the Al Haouz region during the first simulation workshop and the quality of the logistical and technical collaboration with Parliament executives and officials, expressing her wish to see this initiative continue. in the future.
2024-05-11 16:53:49