Sunday, February 20, 2011

Thousands of protesters calling for democratic reforms in Morocco

Thousands of Moroccans into the streets of the capital, Rabat, and the largest city, Casablanca, to demand democratic reforms include a change in the Constitution and the dissolution of the Government and Parliament. About four thousand people gathered in the square Alhad Rabat Bab, and about two thousand protesters gathered in downtown Casablanca, a day marked by heavy rains and bad weather.

According to Efe could check, after the start of the demonstrations at 10.00 local time (same GMT), more people were incorporated at both concentrations, which did not stop shouting slogans against corruption and demanding more freedom. Security forces kept a discreet background, although his presence is palpable in the main streets of both cities.

In Rabat, the city's main thoroughfare, Boulevard Mohamed V, has been cleared of vehicles and police vans on the streets nearby. Both concentrations were chanted slogans against the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, whom the protesters described as a murderer. It has also been repeated in all concentrations demand a new constitution for Morocco.

Clinging to her umbrella, as the majority of those present in the square Alhad Rabat Bab, Mohamed Haghcham, unemployed, protested against the present rulers and counselors of King Mohamed VI. "Colleagues of the king used to rule the country, because they are children," he told Efe Haghcham, who was also optimistic about the coming of reforms in Morocco.

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