Authority Law Shift: Centralization or New Guardianship

The new structural law related to regions in Morocco reveals an attempt to modernize advanced regionalization. It expanded the scope of regional interventions and granted them additional financial resources, including a share of taxes and annual transfers starting from 12 billion Moroccan dirhams in 2027. However, the central question remains whether the regions are truly empowered to make effective decisions and have genuine control over implementation tools, or whether the amendments merely rearranged oversight mechanisms without fully transferring decision-making authority and resources. Although the regional agency has been transformed into a joint-stock company with a board of directors, control over these companies and their resources remains dependent on decisions made by the government authorities. This raises questions about the independence of the regions in execution and funding. Ultimately, success depends on the regions’ ability to make decisions, implement them, and bear political responsibility—not just on the distribution of competences or the new oversight tools. True regionalization requires a complete transfer of authority and resources to the local level, away from centralization.

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