King Mohammed VI affirmed, on Friday, that the current legislative mandate constitutes “a starting point for this voluntary and ambitious path, which embodies the collective intelligence of Moroccans”, within the framework of activating the new development model and launching an integrated set of projects and reforms of the new generation.
The Moroccan monarch also stressed that “the new government is responsible for setting priorities and projects, during its tenure, and mobilizing the necessary means to finance them, within the framework of downloading this model,” noting that it “is also required to complete the major projects that have been launched, foremost of which is the generalization of social protection, that are under our care.”
In this context, the King added that the main challenge is to carry out a real rehabilitation of the health system, according to the best standards, and in the integration between the public and private sectors, stressing that this is the same logic that should be applied in implementing the reform of public institutions and contracting, and tax reform, and strengthening it as quickly as possible. Time, with a new charter and a catalyst for investment.
The King concluded that, in parallel, care must be taken to ensure more consistency, integration and harmony between public policies and to follow up their implementation.
social liberalism
Commenting on the issue, the political analyst, Khaled Fathi, said that King Mohammed VI, during the speech he addressed to parliamentarians on the occasion of the legislative entry, outlined the priorities that must be addressed; Perhaps the most prominent of them is the guarantee of national sovereignty, which is branched into several dominions, security, food and health, as well as economic and digital.
Fathi continues, “This majority is called to provide Morocco’s strategic stockpile, so that it is not exposed to the surprises that characterize the post-Corona era, and here the government must pursue a social liberal policy, instead of the brutal liberal policy that was adopted in the previous two states, it must reconsider. In the situation of contracting professors, and to do justice to health frameworks, in addition to providing an income of dignity for the benefit of the elderly.”
The analyst continued, in a statement to “Sky News Arabia”, saying, “This government is an opportunity to rationalize the political scene, by rehabilitating the parties and restoring confidence in partisan work, if the ruling parties fulfill their promises, and thus Moroccans return to evaluating the parties on the basis of their program and their success in implementing it.”
Khaled Fathi expects “Morocco to experience an influx of foreign investments, and it is also expected that tourism and remittances from Moroccans abroad will flourish.”
efficiency first
In a related context, Fathi said that many parties will hold their conferences and evaluate their results, and it is expected that the left will rearrange its cards again, taking advantage of the momentum of the opposition, and the Justice and Development Party also hopes, through the process of self-criticism that its affiliates have initiated, that it will come out to the political arena in a better way. This will make his re-integration into the political and partisan scene smoother and more realistic.”
In this context, the analyst stated that “the King was keen during the Ottoman Empire on the need to integrate competencies within the government in its second edition in order to ensure a kind of efficiency and efficiency.”
Fathi went on to say, “What is remarkable about Akhannouch’s new majority is that it moved away from the logic of partisan loyalties and complacency. Ministers were not elected, as was the case with the leadership of justice and education within the national councils of the parties. Rather, scientific, professional and academic tracks were scrutinized, and therefore we are in front of a technocratic political government. at the same time.”
exceptional circumstance
For his part, Rachid Lazraq, Professor of Political Science and Constitutional Law at Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra, western Morocco, stressed that “the new government came in a delicate political situation in which Morocco faces many challenges. This circumstance requires efficiency and comprehensive mobilization to face the major challenges that await us on internal, regional and international levels.
He stressed the need to combine the achievement of development and the consolidation of the democratic option, along with the major principles on which the country’s constitution is based, and which are based on the basis of separation, balance and cooperation of powers, and on the consolidation of the values of citizenship and participatory democracy, on the principles of good governance, and the equation of linking responsibility to accountability.
Lazraq said, “The current government must have a clear roadmap to activate the development model and social plan according to a clear and comprehensive vision that will bring the country out of the difficult economic and epidemiological situation that it has suffered during the recent period. Hence the need to crystallize radical measures and decisions to enter the development stage, and cut off with rent and nepotism.”
Ten years of “lean”
In his analysis of the outcome of the previous government, which was led by the Justice and Development Party, Rashid Lazraq said in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”, “Nearly a decade after the 2011 constitution, the country still knows corruption and inequality. The previous government disappointed the political elite. This led to the rise of a populist tendency that threatens to undermine the democratic gains that have been achieved so far.
Lazraq called for “confronting the social repercussions of the “Covid 19″ pandemic, which has deepened social and spatial inequalities, and has also led to an increase in expenditures and public debt.”
For this, the political science professor continues, Akhannouch’s government is called to achieve social peace through dialogue with social partners, and it must also take into account the need to protect the economy and create conditions for the recovery period following the Covid-19 crisis.
“The government should also implement a series of social and economic measures to support companies and individuals, as part of a plan to confront the persistent systemic challenges that the state suffers from, from corruption to the spread of rent,” Lazraq added.
“Urgent” files
As for the important files that the governmental and parliamentary majority will soon deal with, researcher Khaled Fathi mentioned a number of heavy files; The first is rehabilitating the health system, and laying the foundations for the social protection system, which should begin in the government program and in the draft budget for the next 2022.”
The spokesman stressed that “this majority has to focus on the informal economy in order to organize it, and to integrate the vulnerable groups into the job cycle, in addition to providing them with protection from the risks of disease, unemployment and old age. The government has a social record, away from the populism that was typical of the previous government.” .”
Fathi concluded his speech, stressing that “the current government has the same modernity, as most of them are women and youth, and therefore it is expected that this will be reflected in the administration’s management in terms of reform and ensuring remote work, and on women’s social rights through greater empowerment in various fields.”
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