Rabat – The United Kingdom has no concern to express about the rise to power of an Islamist party in Morocco, namely the Justice and Development Party (PJD), which leads the current government, said on Tuesday British MP Andrew Murrison (Conservative Party).
“We have had many meetings with the Moroccan parliament, including members and leaders of the PJD. In all, we felt the same will, obviously, to develop the democratic process initiated in the country. There is no concern to express in this regard,” said the member, who pays a working visit to Morocco until February 17, at the head of a British parliamentary delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
In a statement to the press after his meeting in Rabat with Speaker of House of Advisors Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, Murrison, chairman of the British-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group, considered that Morocco “deserves to be commended for the way it manages the changes at the regional level in the wake of the Arab Spring,” which were managed in a chaotic way in other lands.
The British MP referred, in this sense, to the events that marked the national political scene last year, including the Speech of HM King Mohammed VI on March 9, announcing comprehensive constitutional and political reforms, the adoption of the new constitution in a referendum and the election of the new government.
These advances, he noted, can inspire other countries in their quest for democracy.
Murrison also welcomed the rapprochement in recent days between Rabat and Algiers, which allows, according to him, the two countries to face the common challenges, particularly those relating to the potential threat posed by terrorist organizations active in the Maghreb and the Sahel.
Regarding bilateral cooperation at the parliamentary level, Meg Munn, member of the delegation, said the visit was an opportunity to develop, in consultation with members of political groups in Parliament, a draft training program aimed at developing democratic practice within the Parliament.
