May Day became Tuesday in Morocco in an amazing amalgam of traditional and social demands of a new type, calling for a change of political system, all interspersed with the rejection of terrorism that struck last Thursday in Marrakech, the tourism capital , causing 16 deaths. "No to terrorism, yes to reform" read several posters summarizing a majority sentiment in the demonstrations.
The main trade unions, UMT, CDT and FDT-seconded broadly, the demands of young people of the Movement February 20 that more than two months is evident throughout the country denouncing corruption and the establishment of a genuinely democratic. "The working class is part of the February 20 Movement" could be read on a large banner with the unions made clear their alignment.
"For the dissolution of parliament and government," demanded one banner hoisted by the militants of the Moroccan Union of Workers, which added a requirement appellant and youth. Youth participated in May Day parades in big cities, in which no plants intermingle their members, but that parade in separate blocks.
Among them are workers from different companies slipped to their specific demands or associations of unemployed graduates. For a while the expression of Rabat was even led by employees of the Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the Moroccan flag carrier, with uniformed hostesses. If the slogans differ at times, the rejection of terrorism was a rallying cry.
"The working class condemns the terrorist acts of Marrakech", pointed out several banners. The particular young protesters chanted his slogan: "Terrorism fears a democratic constitution." King Mohamed VI proposed on March 9, an amendment to the Constitution, but they believe it is a revision of the text timid and refused to even working with the committee preparing the new constitution.
Hours before the procession start condition, Amal el Amri, one of the organizers of the UMT, repeated a widespread suspicion: "The timing makes us think that there are sectors that Morocco is reluctant to advance from a democratic point of view or economically. " The Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui, said Friday that the bombing was "the style of Al Qaeda, but has not yet been claimed and the country who may have anguished question instigated and why at this time of reform.
February 20 Movement has called for a national act of condemnation of terrorism Sunday in Marrakech. In the capital, some 12,000 people took to the streets yesterday, according to independent sources, while in Casablanca were a few less. A small union, the General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM) in the city canceled its annual parade because it probably would not get involved in political demands.
It is run by Hamid Chabat, mayor of Fez and head of the Istiqlal, the nationalist party that heads the coalition government. The influx was not very high for two reasons. First, the bad weather that plagues almost all of Morocco. In Rabat it rained heavily throughout the day. The second is that on 26 April, government and unions reached an agreement that grants officials and retired the largest wage increases in the reign of Mohamed VI.
It is likely that the measure announced by the monarch has demobilized a number of militants. The agreement provides for a linear increase of 55 per month to 810,000 Moroccan officials, including military. For lower wages (185 per month), the increase is 30%. Minimum pensions, who take about 111,000 retirees will increase by 70% per month, of 600 dirhams (55 euros) to 1,000 (90 euros).
The pact also requires the private sector to raise the minimum wage by 15% by 1 January, a percentage higher than inflation. The government has hinted that finance these measures by cutting operating costs of government. But hardly the battered Moroccan Treasury coffers will be able to support them.
Finance and makes a costly expense to prevent the increase of oil are passed on to consumers, who continue to pay the same amount at the pump. 
The main trade unions, UMT, CDT and FDT-seconded broadly, the demands of young people of the Movement February 20 that more than two months is evident throughout the country denouncing corruption and the establishment of a genuinely democratic. "The working class is part of the February 20 Movement" could be read on a large banner with the unions made clear their alignment.
"For the dissolution of parliament and government," demanded one banner hoisted by the militants of the Moroccan Union of Workers, which added a requirement appellant and youth. Youth participated in May Day parades in big cities, in which no plants intermingle their members, but that parade in separate blocks.
Among them are workers from different companies slipped to their specific demands or associations of unemployed graduates. For a while the expression of Rabat was even led by employees of the Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the Moroccan flag carrier, with uniformed hostesses. If the slogans differ at times, the rejection of terrorism was a rallying cry.
"The working class condemns the terrorist acts of Marrakech", pointed out several banners. The particular young protesters chanted his slogan: "Terrorism fears a democratic constitution." King Mohamed VI proposed on March 9, an amendment to the Constitution, but they believe it is a revision of the text timid and refused to even working with the committee preparing the new constitution.
Hours before the procession start condition, Amal el Amri, one of the organizers of the UMT, repeated a widespread suspicion: "The timing makes us think that there are sectors that Morocco is reluctant to advance from a democratic point of view or economically. " The Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui, said Friday that the bombing was "the style of Al Qaeda, but has not yet been claimed and the country who may have anguished question instigated and why at this time of reform.
February 20 Movement has called for a national act of condemnation of terrorism Sunday in Marrakech. In the capital, some 12,000 people took to the streets yesterday, according to independent sources, while in Casablanca were a few less. A small union, the General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM) in the city canceled its annual parade because it probably would not get involved in political demands.
It is run by Hamid Chabat, mayor of Fez and head of the Istiqlal, the nationalist party that heads the coalition government. The influx was not very high for two reasons. First, the bad weather that plagues almost all of Morocco. In Rabat it rained heavily throughout the day. The second is that on 26 April, government and unions reached an agreement that grants officials and retired the largest wage increases in the reign of Mohamed VI.
It is likely that the measure announced by the monarch has demobilized a number of militants. The agreement provides for a linear increase of 55 per month to 810,000 Moroccan officials, including military. For lower wages (185 per month), the increase is 30%. Minimum pensions, who take about 111,000 retirees will increase by 70% per month, of 600 dirhams (55 euros) to 1,000 (90 euros).
The pact also requires the private sector to raise the minimum wage by 15% by 1 January, a percentage higher than inflation. The government has hinted that finance these measures by cutting operating costs of government. But hardly the battered Moroccan Treasury coffers will be able to support them.
Finance and makes a costly expense to prevent the increase of oil are passed on to consumers, who continue to pay the same amount at the pump.
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