Clarification from the Ministry of Justice about a circulating video on WhatsApp

Following the circulation of a video on WhatsApp, showing a computer screen on which a memo reportedly pertaining to the Ministry of Justice entitled an off-the-record special secret memo addressed – according to those who have fabricated it – from Minister of Justice to members of the exam committee in charge of the eligibility test to exercise lawyers’ profession, about correction means of the written and oral tests.

The Ministry of Justice issued on Monday July 31, 2023 a communiqué informing national public opinion that the contents included in that above-mentioned memo have not categorically been issued by the Ministry, because its designer has exploited the Ministry imagery identity and has fabricated illusory facts signed falsely and attributed to Mr. Minister of Justice and has published it and uploaded it on communication and messaging applications with the intention of harming the credibility of institutions and create suspicion in the general positive atmosphere in which the exam has passed.

Therefore, the Ministry of Justice has filed an official complaint on the subject to king’s general attorney at the cassation court and to President of the Public Prosecutor to carry out a penal investigation on the topic and arrange legal consequences in light of what would be the outcome for those involved in those actions.