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| Africa: West |
| Stronger democracy goes through strong political parties, King Mohammed |
| 2003-08-01 |
| Why do some Muslim countries get it, while others do not? Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Wednesday stressed that "efforts to build a stronger democracy will still be inadequate unless there are strong political parties." The king, who noted that he looks forward "to the rehabilitation of politics, in its noble meaning," urged for legislation on political parties to be passed promptly. "I want to make it clear that I am determined to provide those parties with efficient means to enable them to discharge their mission fully," he said. Morocco has a multi-party system and bi-cameral parliament, comprising a House of Representatives and a chamber of advisors. ... King Mohammed VI underlined that "the proposed legislation should seek to enhance the role of parties in guiding and representing citizens, by banning the setting up of parties or groups along religious, ethnic, linguistic or regionalist lines." sorry for the bold type but anything this intelligent has to be proclaimed from a mountain top. "It is no longer prepared to accept that certain parties indulge in the use of pompous, meaningless slogans. Nor will it let such obsolete mottos jeopardize efforts to tackle the real challenges of the present and the future," he said. |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #6 It's kind of intriguing, hearing about this. Morocco was the first foreign nation to exchange diplomats with the United States. We have always had excellent relations with them, and there have been very, very few problems between the two nations. Yet we have almost nothing in common except the desire to let people live as they wish. Even Islam is held in check in Morocco, and Jews, Christians, and even a few animists manage to live together in peace. Maybe King Mohammed VI should be king of more than Morocco, if he and his clan can do so much good. Either that, or we need to clone the guy and set him up in a few dozen OTHER African nations... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-8-1 9:01:30 PM |
| #5 But they still have this King thing going... Other than that, sounds like Paradise, er, um, Nirvana... |
| Posted by: PD - Prez for Life - Isles of Langerhans 2003-8-1 8:13:09 PM |
| #4 Sounds like King Mo Six isn't a multiculturalist. Maybe he's not into a swirling collage, a salad bowl if you will, of balcanized bull. I hate multi party (more than 2) politics. Get on one side and pull that party to your side by civil, well reasoned discourse. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-8-1 12:19:31 PM |
| #3 Wait a minute. I thought the Joooooos were running our goverment? |
| Posted by: Ryan 2003-8-1 12:15:54 PM |
| #2 NMM- #sigh# Maybe you really should consider those sleeping pills. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2003-8-1 11:19:37 AM |
| #1 If only we could do the same in the US with the Christian Coalition pulling the GOP strings--kinda like the "Gott bei Uns" of another political party of the same ilk huh TGA? |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-1 9:14:56 AM |