Posted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 5, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, News, Protests, Revision of the Constitution |
Citing the impossibility of a 98% vote in favor of the constitutional reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI as “unbelievable,” at least one pro-democracy Moroccan activist has decried Friday’s vote as...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 5, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
According to Foreign Policy Magazine (and Elliott Abrams of the Council on Foreign Relations) the House of Saud is attempting to slow the pace of reform in the Arab world by dollar diplomacy and other forms of persuasion. The...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 5, 2011 | Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
Now that Morocco’s constitutional forms have been enacted the world waits to see what the practical effects of implementation will be – whether the reforms will actually lead to significant democratic gains or will...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 4, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
The lesson Arab autocrats seemed to learn from Egypt and Tunisia was almost the exact opposite of what democracy advocates were hoping for. Instead of using less force, leaders across the region have been using more of it,...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 4, 2011 | Democratic Movements, Economic and Social Council, News |
(Bloomberg) – Morocco’s gross domestic product grew an annual 4.9 percent in the first quarter, accelerating from 2 percent the previous three months, the state statistics office in Rabat said today. The North African...
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