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Washington Post: Morocco trendsetter in the region

Sunday, 13 March 2011 22:45

Washington - The speech delivered by HM King Mohammed falls within the framework of consolidating a process of sweeping reforms, the Washington Post wrote on Sunday, saying that the Kingdom "can serve as an example to others in the region."

"Morocco can serve as an example to others in the region that the best defense against both Islamic radicals and secular revolutions is a modernizing country that provides young people with the opportunity for economic success and political freedom,” said the US paper in an article on the political situation in North Africa and the Middle East.

Highlighting HM the King’s firm commitment to giving a strong impetus to the dynamic and deep reforms, the article’s author, Jennifer Rubin, noted that the Royal speech of March 9 builds on an already launched reform process.

In this respect, he recalled that HM the King “championed a new family code that granted rights to woman unprecedented in Muslim countries in the region.”

Rubin also shed light on the launch of Morocco’s large-scale anti-poverty programme, the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), pointing to the results it has achieved in terms of building infrastructure at a furious pace.

“A group of journalists who returned from a recent trip describe a country that looks like one giant construction site,” he added.

The INDH, he said, focuses on disadvantaged communities and seeks to make regional capitals more attractive and livable, with modernized roads, medical facilities, and schools as well as new roads, and water and sanitation systems. (MAP)

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