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Tuesday 8 October 2013

Huffington Post Stresses Impressive Reform Process By HM The King

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Huffington Post Stresses Impressive Reform Process By HM The King

US paper Huffington Post highlighted, Monday, the impressive process of political, economic and social reforms in Morocco under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, while Arab states are going through tumultuous and often tormented transitions.

HM the King has been uniquely successful in navigating the instability of the Arab revolutions. He has also launched a credible process of genuine reform, which has enjoyed the backing of all major opposition groups, it said.

 The author Salman Shaikh, Director of Brookings Doha Center, said that the sovereign's reform program has long been a priority, as he has repeatedly stressed the need for increased institutionalization and good governance.

 He recalled the creation of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission in 2004 which signaled the king's desire to settle past human rights abuses, the passage of a new "modern Family Law" in 2004 which granted new rights to women, in terms of both family law and personal status, in addition to institutionalizing rules for child custody and establishing a minimum age of marriage.