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The kingdom’s towns and cities have been decked out with flags to mark the anniversary on Tuesday, while newspapers have published editorials praising the monarch’s achievements.

In his first speech as king he listed the ills facing the country: poverty, unemployment and social inequality. Royal advisor Omar Azziman, in a rare interview with AFP, admitted that there was “dissatisfaction” in the country.As the Arab Spring swept across North Africa and beyond, Mohammed VI nipped swelling protests in the bud by offering up constitutional reforms and promising to curb his powers.

Amnesty International regularly denounces “arbitrary” arrests and detentions in Morocco and raises doubts over the fairness of its judicial system. But according to Abdellatif Menouni, a constitutional scholar and royal advisor since 2011, under Mohammed VI “most of in terms of democracy has been done, it just needs to be deepened”.

But despite that, seven out of ten young Moroccans, seeing few prospects, say they want to emigrate, according to the Arab Barometer survey.

 

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