Have you heard what we heard from the King of the country?
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In an era where nations compete for the “dreams of wealth,” and where people rush towards development like flies to honey, His Majesty King Mohammed VI graced us with a Throne Speech, not to sell us illusions or to tell us what we want to hear, but to address the core issues directly, stating: “Progress is meaningless if it is not inclusive, just, and extends from the plains to the mountains, from the shores to the borders.”
The King said it; are there any listeners?
Yes, we heard… but we have heard it before. The difference this time is that the trumpet has sounded. It has sounded for the old “development model,” for the “dormant councils,” and for the “territorial discrimination” that has made Morocco two nations: one that builds towers and another that struggles to find water in the irrigation channels.
From a speech above the throne… to an earthquake beneath the chairs
The King does not announce intentions but declares the end of one phase and the beginning of another. He expresses this in carefully chosen phrases, but they carry enough significance: there is no room today for a Morocco with two faces. And there is no justification for the continued existence of officials who sleep in Rabat while ruling regions they have only visited in weather reports.
He declared unequivocally: enough of Morocco at two speeds!
And he expressed it in the voice of the citizen: restore dignity to the forgotten regions.
When the earth groans… the will awakens
And can we forget that the Throne Speech came after the Al Haouz earthquake? That event revealed that a citizen might sleep soundly on the rubble of false reassurances. But what Morocco did, in swiftly dismantling the tragedies, restored our old belief that there are those in this country who love it more than words can convey.
The Kingdom enters the club of “emerging giants”
When His Majesty the King said: “Morocco has entered the club of emerging countries,” he did not mean seat positions of protocol, but rather positions of merit. In a time of economic wars, pandemic crises, and political shocks, Morocco managed to build gas bridges instead of pipelines of discord, and to export electricity instead of exporting problems.
So, is there an explanation for all this progress?
The answer is simple yet complex: there is a King who knows what he wants… and a people waiting to be understood.
One word… before the article closes:
“Yes, the King spoke… so when will those he appointed to execute speak?!”
