MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse maghreb - 23/05/2024
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00:08 Hello everyone, I am pleased to meet you for your daily meeting, the Maghreb press conference.
00:14 In Tunisia, journalists Bseyes and Zredi, sentenced to one year in prison, are being taught this morning by the Webdo.
00:22 The court of first instance in Tunisia has given its verdict yesterday.
00:28 They are sentenced for offensive statements against the President of the Republic, according to the Tunisian Webdomadaire.
00:36 Borem Seyes and Mourad Zredi have each served six months in prison, during two separate trials,
00:43 yet their sentence was one year in prison.
00:46 This decision follows their interrogation in the context of an investigation aimed at some of their media positions
00:53 and publications on social media, sometimes going back to 2020.
00:58 This case raises questions about freedom of expression and the Tunisian press, according to Webdo.
01:06 2024 presidential election in Algeria, who will believe Mohamed Sharfi?
01:14 This is the title chosen by Le Matin d'Algerie, which raises questions about the regularity of the next presidential election
01:21 and the integrity of the President of the National Election Authority, Mr. Sharfi.
01:26 This man had invalidated the presidential election in December 2019,
01:31 at the end of which M. Tboun was elected, according to Le Quotidien Algérien.
01:35 According to M. Sharfi, this instance, in a statement to the Algerian press yesterday,
01:41 "shows rigor and determination for the consecration of transparency.
01:46 How is it possible that Tboun is talking about his visit to Paris in the fall,
01:51 even though he is not yet elected? ", Le Matin d'Algerie asks, adding, I quote,
01:57 "We are entitled to ask ourselves the question about the regularity of this presidential election,
02:02 scheduled for September 7 in Algeria."
02:05 In Mauritania, preparations for the elections on June 29 are going well.
02:12 The Prime Minister of Mauritania published a decree yesterday,
02:16 a decree nominating the President and members of the National Council
02:21 of the National Observatory for the Surveillance of the Presidential Election of 2024.
02:26 On June 29, nearly 2 million Mauritanians are called to the polls to elect their president.
02:32 Among those who were able to file their files in front of the Constitutional Council,
02:37 is Biram Dahabid, the popular but also stubborn Mauritanian militant,
02:42 whose party is still not recognized. He arrived second in 2019 with nearly 19% of the votes.
02:49 He seems to be the only one who can hope to push Mohamed Wolchekh el-Rezouani to a second round,
02:55 estimate the observers, according to whom Mohamed Wolchekh el-Rezouani
03:00 has ensured throughout his first term to arrive at the polls in a strong position.
03:08 The price of butane gas is rising. Distributors want to increase their margins.
03:13 Today, on June 30, distributors are contesting the way in which the government has implemented
03:20 the decision to increase the price of gas and are blaming it for not having planned an increase in their profit margins.
03:27 Just three days after the rise in gas price, reactions are starting to fall,
03:33 says the news portal, and it is the professionals who are opening the ball.
03:38 In a statement to the quotidien l'Akbar, the president of the Professional Association of Large-scale Gas Depositors,
03:45 Mohamed Ben Jelloun, affirms that professionals were surprised by this executive decision.
03:52 Distributors are calling for an increase in their profit margins,
03:56 which is a sign of the rise in the prices of gas, whether in terms of transport costs or labor costs.
04:03 Rabat news. To conclude, with this new university hospital in Pointe,
04:12 planned for 2025, Baymaro, a Moroccan subsidiary of Bouygues Construction,
04:18 was chosen to build the international university hospital Mohamed VI in Rabat.
04:24 This project, worth nearly 450 million euros, should be delivered in September 2025,
04:33 says the website. The hospital will be made up of four buildings and a 25-story tower,
04:40 and will include first-class care and education infrastructure and infrastructure
04:46 equipped with the latest audiovisual technologies.
04:49 The international university hospital Mohamed VI aims to become a reference
04:55 in terms of medical care and education in the Kingdom.
05:00 And so this Maghreb press conference ends.
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