Washington – A conference on Tuesday in Washington, at the headquarters of the U.S. think tank the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, has put forward the major reforms initiated by HM King Mohammed VI, in the process of democratization that Morocco sees.
Beyond the long-standing and the legitimacy of the Moroccan monarchy, HM King Mohammed VI has implemented in recent years key reforms, said P.J Crowley, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for public affairs at the meeting on the assessment of the Arab Spring’s political, social, economic and strategic prospects.
Comparing the situation in Morocco with what is going on through other countries in the Arab region, Crowley, who was also a State Department spokesman, stressed on the mobilization of the Moroccan people behind the Sovereign, which, he said, brought the current process of reforms.
The Arab monarchies have a legitimacy that the republics of the region does not necessarily have, said also Crowley, who is currently President of the
Omar Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.
The representative of the Arab League in the U.S., Hussein Hassouna, said the monarchy, with its well-defined system of succession in Morocco, gives a stability that is lacking in the republican systems in the MENA region, a prey to the uncertainty.
Hassouna, who was Egyptian ambassador to Morocco from 1992 to 1996, added that the institution of the Commandership of the Faithful, which is the subject of a national consensus, gives more stability to Morocco.
For his part, Director of the Potomac Institute’s International Center for Terrorism Studies, Yonah Alexander, noted that Morocco continues with a firm conviction its reform process with the adoption of a new constitution and the organization of the next election.
At a time when Morocco is consolidating its democratic process through an inclusive approach, the Arab Spring has created a growing uncertainty in countries such as Egypt and Syria, among others, he said, arguing that Morocco is for the countries of the region an example to be considered and to followed.
