RABAT. July 6: The Moroccan . parliament on Tuesday unanimously abrogated a French law that allowed the authorities to jail anyone for activity susceptible of disturbing the peace or failure to respect authority, reports Reuter.

The law promulgated in June 1935 by the French protectorate administration was designed to repress nationalist activity but remained In force after Independence In 1956 despite three previous attempts by opposition parties to get it abrogated.

It Is a great victory and abolishes an anachronic law used by the authorities to jail anyone for anything, said At Kielwa bed Radi leading so c talist opposition member of the Chamber of Reinesentallves (Majlis AnnuaW