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Rabat — A couple of hundred Moroccans gathered as part of the ongoing GenZ212 protests in front of the Parliament on Sunday night, calling for reforms in education and healthcare.
Made up of Moroccans of all ages, the group peacefully chanted while the media stood by taking statements, and police monitored from a distance.
Among the slogans protesters raised was: “freedom, dignity, social justice,” as well as statements condoning government corruption —“what a shame, what a shame you stole our country,” and “the state is corrupt, you can smell corruption.”
The GenZ212 movement called for the dismantling of the government and reforms in the country’s vital sectors.
Protesters also called for the dissolution of the parliament, accusing it of failing to solve many problems that would ensure the dignity of citizens.
Speaking to Morocco World News (MWN), a protester said that they “are standing here on the 8th day of the ongoing protests, asking for citizens’ basic rights, including education and healthcare sectors.”
Another activist explained that the demonstrations reflect the needs of all Moroccans to express frustration over the mismanagement of the government in vital sectors.
He further ruled out that “Algeria is staging the sit-ins” to cause unrest in the country, accusing the government’s mismanagement and corruption of being the sole reason pushing people to walk down the streets to ask for their rights.
The protesters’ demands are clear and simple, a third protester told MWN, explaining that they include social requirements like a good, free education, especially since it is a vital sector that the government should invest in.
She went on to say that the demonstrations’ calls for a better healthcare service in the country are valid, particularly following the deaths of eight women in the Hassan II hospital maternity ward in Agadir.
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The activist even brought up the fact that the protester who was seriously injured in Oujda had to be transported to Rabat as proof of the weak healthcare infrastructure in several regions in Morocco.
Tonight’s protests are a continuation of the youth-led movement that spread in several cities across Morocco over the past week. The GenZ212 movement, which initiated the protests, asks for fundamental reforms in the country’s vital sector, but now they are calling for the dissolution of the government, citing the lack of trust in officials and ministers.
The peaceful protests developed on the third and fourth day into acts of vandalism and violence in several cities. These incidents, going out of control, led to the killing of three people, reportedly trying to break into a Royal Gendarmerie post in Lqliaa.
The GenZ212 movement distanced itself from the riots and urged protesters to abide by their original peaceful plan.
Over the recent days, protests took place in a normal atmosphere where demonstrators freely expressed their demands, with the government showing a timid willingness to initiate dialogue.
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