Pursuant to the decree on legal time and the order of the Head of Government on legal time, Morocco switched back to GMT+1 on May 8. Since that date, several voices have been raised in favor of the cancellation of GMT+1.
Speaking at the oral question session in the House of Councillors, today Tuesday, Ghita Mezzour Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, said that the government does not intend to cancel “daylight saving time”, stressing that its formalization is “based on a study that showed that the summer time saves a significant amount of energy.
The minister did not provide figures on the benefit of Morocco adopting daylight saving time in the energy field, indicating only that the study proved that this schedule reduces carbon dioxide emissions, which helps reduce environmental risks.
She added that the study, which looked at the results of five years of daylight saving time implementation, included the areas of energy, health and economic impact, without providing details.
In response to a question about the psychological effects of the extra hour and its negative impact on the quality of life of citizens, Mezzour said that the government has taken a set of measures tailored to the spatial specificities of each region.
She recalled that among the measures taken in this framework, facilities have been granted to employees regarding the time of entry to work, provided that the number of daily working hours is respected, while the directors of regional academies education and training (AREF) have been called to adopt a flexible schedule for students.
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