During the government council organized yesterday and presided by the Prime Minister and the press conference held afterwards, Mustapha El Khalfi spoke about the manifestations in Al Hoceima. Responding to a question asked about the arrest of the «Hirak» members, the Minister announced that the executive is «anxious to communicate permanently so as to avoid an inaccurate and erroneous image being conceived about the cases of arrests». He added that «the door of dialogue remains open with civil society, elected bodies and any other party that wishes to communicate». The Minister of Communication and spokesperson of the government insisted that «Al Hoceima's court of first instance has decided to prosecute seven people in a state of freedom and to close the cases of seven, in addition to the prosecution of others in custody», Map news agency reports. El Khalfi has also called «those who publish photos of the persons arrested to respect the confidentiality of the investigation and the presumption of innocence». The Minister pointed out that «the number of individuals arrested and presented to the national brigade of judicial police has reached 31».
