{"id":139095,"date":"2015-07-30T05:58:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T05:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=139095"},"modified":"2015-07-30T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T08:16:08","slug":"morocco-celebrates-feast-of-throne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/morocco-celebrates-feast-of-throne\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco celebrates Feast of Throne"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since July 30th<\/sup>, 1999, date of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI enthronement, the Kingdom of Morocco has witnessed a process of reforms in the political, social and economic arenas.<\/p>\n
Ranging from the reform of the Family Code, with its emancipative dimensions as far as the status of women is concerned, to the launching of the National Initiative for Human Development (NIHD), and the reform of the Justice system, the scope of these reforms reached in 2011 its culminating point through the reform of the Moroccan Constitution.<\/p>\n
In this respect, the King\u2019s speeches respectively on March 9th<\/sup>, and June 17th<\/sup>, 2011, fit into the framework of the democratic process, in which Morocco had been involved for over a decade. March 9th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/strong>will, in fact, remain as a historical date, being the time of the King\u2019s announcement of a comprehensive reform of the Constitution and the setting up of an ad-hoc committee for the matter.<\/p>\n
The suggestions submitted by the political parties, labor Unions and civil society, to the Advisory Commission for the Review of the Constitution, highlight the fundamentality of the Moroccan people\u2019s participation in the drafting of the new Constitution as well as the State\u2019s respect for the citizens\u2019 aspirations in the democratic process.<\/p>\n
After receiving the outcome of the work, which the aforesaid Commission had done, the King made his speech on June 17th<\/sup>, 2011, calling for a referendum on the adoption of the new constitution to be held. On July 1st, 2011, the new Constitution was approved by 98.5% of votes, with a turnout of 73.46%.<\/p>\n