However, the reduction in cases came at a cost: by late July, the government's actions during the pandemic would be described as a "reversal of democratic reforms", with Parliament being "sidelined, its duties increasingly usurped by the Makhzen".[3] The Interior Ministry suspended local council meetings (even remote meetings held online), an action the Constitution reserved exclusively for Parliament.[12] While a restriction on visitation from foreign business visitors was lifted on September 10, a sharp increase in cases (and the possibility of a second wave of infections) prompted the restrictions to be reinstated.[4]