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| Demonstrations against monarchy in Morocco |
| 2011-02-17 |
| [Ennahar] Organizations, associations and opposition political parties, in addition to human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... activists and bloggers, called for a general demonstration on Moroccan territory on the twentieth of this month, requesting the change of the Constitution and the regime. A group of bloggers, who called themselves "Moroccan movement of 20 February" call for protests to fix what they call the ten mistakes of King Mohamed VI. Leads the change of the monarchy which they believe is the cause of the decline of Morocco which still lives at the times of the middle-ages. These criticize King Mohammed VI, for having monopolized all the powers. They also criticize corruption practices in the royal palaces by people close to the king. They reject the tradition of kissing the hand and prostration before the king, which they considered a great humiliation. Several political parties, associations and organizations, such as the Amazigh Congress, the Confederation of Labour, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights and some other Islamist opposition parties, have joined the movement. The reaction of the royal palace was done by convening the leaders of political parties represented in Parliament by the Ministry of Interior. The Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas el-Fassi, met with Moroccan party leaders in his home where he asked them to call their supporters to side with the regime. Morocco has experienced a wave of protests last week, asking for the first time, for change of the regime, creating panic among the security apparatus, when such marches in support of the king turned into protests against his policy. |
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-17 04:01 |