These the third day of mass demonstrations after the 20 February and 20 March, which focused to a greater number of people. loses strength, therefore, the movement, although the flame of protest is alive in more than a hundred cities. The demonstrations have been developed peacefully. Casablanca was the first major city that has gone into the streets Sunday to resume protests claim democratic reforms in the country. After the economic capital, and in the evening, thousands of protesters populated the neighborhood of Yakoub el Mansour, Rabat. In this place stood out from all the major presence of Salafi and other Islamists. It is not the first time that members of such religious groups come to the protests of 20 February Movement, although it's so large. Grace measures implemented last week by King Mohamed VI to 190 prisoners, including many Islamists, have pushed these groups to demand the release of political prisoners in Moroccan jails. Among them, those accused of terrorist attacks against the House of Spain in Casablanca in 2003. "We came here to demand their release because they were not them, it was the Moroccan police, and nobody knows it," said Hamza Errafik, a young Salafist 14 years, recently arrived from Zumarraga (Guipúzcoa), where he lived until now . "I moved to Morocco to continue the protest, because my uncle has been in jail since 2002 and has not done anything," he continues, further ensuring that "I have no fear that can stop me to say this." Errafik also contends that he and his colleagues call "the closure of Temara", referring to the alleged illegal detention center located in this town bordering the capital Rabat.
As for the political system they want, the Islamists did not want to specify anything, because "our immediate demands are based on the release of many innocents who have been imprisoned in a completely illegal," he said to the Salafist Cadena SER Reda Benatmane, which, however, stressed that "we oppose the current regime." Another important novelty of the protests on Sunday is the site where the marches took place, which usually have left the central districts of cities to move to more popular neighborhoods. In a peaceful environment, the youth of February 20 have spearheaded the protests, controlled by strings People who have protected businesses. "We will not overflow and the occurrence of violent incidents in other Arab countries," said Amari, a member in Casablanca of these "human wall" of protection.
Most attendees were branded "inadequate" reforms pledged by King Mohamed VI's speech on 9 March, although others have described as "very good" but that will require "being actually implemented." These reforms have been entrusted to a committee to revise the Constitution, elected by the sovereign. The committee contacted several weeks ago the youth of the 20 February Movement, which organized the demonstrations, and the Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH), to hear their proposals, but both groups refused to participate because "there is a committee elected by the people."
Among the protesters, but also emphasizes the assistance of political parties such as the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), present in the governing coalition, or the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD). Mustafa Ramid, president of the PJD's National Council has assured the Cadena SER has gone to the demonstration "on behalf of his party" to "request a positive acceleration of reforms announced by King Mohammed VI" and to require change in the system with the aim of achieving a "parliamentary monarchy."
This has been one of the main claims present in all gears, in addition to corruption, the dissolution of government and parliament and control of prices. In other cities like Sefrou, Taza, Marrakech and Tangier, tens of thousands of people have joined the protests, which have been tracking down his number even though it has been present in more than a hundred locations.
The future is unclear. For now, the 20 February Movement has confirmed his participation in the demonstrations on May 1, when "support to the unions," said Hakim Sikouk, integrante del colectivo. Después, "ya no habrá más protestas mensuales, sino que nos concentraremos todos los días delante del Parlamento", concluye.
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