Documents condemn the Yemeni embassy in Morocco of corruption and abusive practices against students on scholarships
English - Wednesday 31 March 2021 الساعة 12:01 pm
Aden, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
Official documents revealed corruption practices in the Yemeni embassy and the Cultural Attaché in Morocco, in addition to the harm to Yemeni students on scholarship for study and its failure to fulfill its responsibility towards them.
Scholarship students said that they invited Ambassador Ezzedine Al-Asbahi, who was holding the position of Minister of Human Rights, to stop the harm from them.
The documents reveal information that the embassy has become a security and oversight body, not to mention deduction practices that prolonged student dues and scholarships, as well as harassment of those trying to demand or object.
The embassy takes advantage of the conditions of "Corona precautions" and the cautious "security dealing" by the Moroccan authorities, as the ambassador uses these measures to pursue the students and not allow them to carry out any protest activities.
The documents also reveal that the length of work of some embassy employees has exceeded the legal period, as one of the employees has been working since 2006 and enjoys wide relations.
The Anti-Corruption Commission had convicted the employee in 2012 for spending savings as rewards to some foreign personalities in exchange for facilities (bribes) to the embassy.
Among the corruption, which the documents reveal, is the manipulation of academic seats, as the embassy is granted more than 100 seats outside the protocol, while the official quota for Yemen was 25 seats, and five reserves, not to mention that Moroccan graduates are registered directly without counting their seats.
The documents said that after the appointment of Ezz El-Din Al-Asbahi as Yemen's ambassador to Morocco and the definition of the protocol in April 2019, the official seats were raised to 60 for higher education, 30 for technical education, 5 for the Ministry of Endowments, 10 for the Ministry of Justice, 5 for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and 5 for the Interior.
According to the documents, the embassy has banned Yemeni students who want to study at their own expense, whether graduates of Moroccan universities who want to pursue higher studies and those who were refused by the ministry to grant them a continuity of the monthly aid, or who entered from other countries or Yemen to complete their higher studies, such as judges, officers of the Ministry of Interior, and others.
Manipulating school seats
One of the documents indicates that the embassy replaced the nominated students with the lists submitted by the ministry with changing the lists of the "Moroccan Agency" and baptizing them to appear official, which are basically not certified by the Moroccan party.
The documents also reveal that the embassy persuaded the Ministry of Higher Education not to send anyone to study in Morocco, because the study will be remote, so that the embassy officials use the seats for some close people.
Another note also clarifies that the embassy has requested the Moroccan authorities to deport the Yemeni students, despite the conditions that Yemen is experiencing.
