On July 2nd the Conseil Supérieur de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CSCA) rejected the request by Abdelilah Benkirane, the head of the Moroccan government. He had asked the Haute Autorité de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA) to take action against those at the public television channel 2M responsible for violating the broadcasting laws by re-transmitting live Jennifer Lopez’ concert on May 29th at the Mawazine Festival. According to Benkirane and his Minister of Communication, Mustapha El Khalfi, the concert included “sequences of a sexual nature, which conflict with the modesty and religious and moral values of Moroccan society, offending viewers.” The CSCA declared the request “inadmissible in form” on the grounds that it “is not a request for an opinion about a matter relating to broadcasting communication and thus does not come within the remit of the CSCA’s advisory missions.”
Sources : haca.ma, huffpostmaghreb.com et lapresse.tn
