US envoy praises Morocco for election transparency
2008-03-13
US ambassador to Morocco Thomas T. Riley praised the transparency in Morocco's 2007 election, MAP reported on Wednesday (March 12th). In presenting the US State Department's annual report on human rights practices around the world on Tuesday, Riley said Morocco guaranteed the transparency and fairness of the election process by allowing international and national observers to monitor September's parliamentary polls. He added that the country has made serious progress protecting human rights and voiced optimism that the long-awaited Press Code would boost freedom of speech in the country. Riley noted that this is the second year in which Morocco has received a positive assessment from the US State Department. "In Morocco, we notice that there is progress and will to promote democratic change and respect of human rights, but the country still faces challenges in its commitment to carry on the path of reform," MAP quoted the ambassador as saying.
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saidani miloudi Posted 2008-03-14
Sir Thomas T.Riley's praise to Moroccan's progress and transparency is mere hypocrisy.It's a policy to seduce Moroccan King for favour that is to say to make him accept US new colonisation by paving the way to American partnership,especially when the free exchange policy of the lurking Globalisation is near at hand.The international September polls observers have done nothing to prove their fairness.The refusal of the 2/3rds have had their say during the shameful results.They have only taken their share of the cake and gone away as usual!.The next coming local elections will refute Sir Thomas's optimistically misleading preconseptions.America still doesn't understand Morocco nor does it possess a clear factual idea about the whole Maghrib area.The cause of such misunderstanding is perhaps due to the growing hatred aroused by dilemmas spread around in the middle east and to the real definition of what we call terrorism.
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