In January 2012, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI inaugurated a new government led by the Islamist Justice and Development Party, following the party’s victory in the early legislative elections in November 2011. Photo: Middle East Monitor
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* Morocco’s political experience has provided a model across the region, said Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, despite challenges encountered following revolutions in a number of neighboring countries. *
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Middle East Monitor (July 9, 2014) — The Moroccan political experience under the Islamists Justice and Development Party coalition government has provided a model across the region despite the challenges encountered and tremors that followed the revolutions in a number of neighboring countries, Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said. Benkirane’s remarks came during a presentation of his government’s achievements during the first half of its legislative mandate in front of the Moroccan parliament yesterday evening. During the presentation, Benkirane praised his government’s performance over the past two and a half years and described them as “reassuring and honorable.”
He remembered the “difficult conditions” under which his government was formed after the country lived the impact of mass protests similar to a number of neighboring countries, with the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2011. Stressing that the experiment of the current government has contributed to “lift the country out of a phase when the streets were inflamed and succeeded in keeping the streets of Morocco quiet today.” Benkirane said that people and nations have interacted with the popular movement in the Arab world to varying degrees which emerged as a deep shift and raised fears about the government’s ability to ensure the country’s stability and achieve political, economic and social reforms.
The premier said that his government has been unable to comply with all its obligations to support the poor and thanked the Moroccans for their patience after increasing fuel prices. During his presentation on the government’s achievements in field of women’s and human rights, female parliamentarians lifted banners demanding he respect women’s rights and withdraw his previous statements which some consider “offensive” while others felt “they were taken out of context.” In January 2012, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI inaugurated a new government led by the Islamist Justice and Development Party, following the party’s victory in the early legislative elections in November 2011.
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