The inhabitants of the Moroccan Rif region decided to start a general strike on Thursday and to organize a march of “a million people” in protest against statements deemed “provocative” and Irresponsible “government leaders and against their” calumnies and lies “about the popular movement that has been shaking the region for six months.
A movement following the death of the fish seller, Mohcine Fikri, crushed in a dumpster in the town of Al-Hoceima (North). According to several media sources, the leader of the popular protest in the Moroccan Rif, Nasser Zefzafi called for a general strike starting tomorrow Thursday throughout the Rif region, as well as the organization of a march of ” A million people in the city of Al Hoceima, to reaffirm that the demands relate to “the improvement of socio-economic conditions and the development of the region far from any separatist intention as claimed by the Moroccan Government.
The voice of this protest movement affirmed in a video broadcast on the social networks that this action “intervenes in response to the accusations of the Moroccan authorities against the activists of the Rif to be separatists and agents in the pay of foreign parties “.
“It is a question of human rights encompassing primordial socio-economic demands far from any separatist appeal as the Moroccan authorities claim,” he argued, denouncing the total disinterest of Moroccan officials in He said, “the contempt and the systematic marginalization of this region at all levels”.
The militants also called for the immediate release of all detainees from the March 26 movement and the arrest and presentation to the courts of the communal officials of Bni Jamil and Bni Bou Ferah for their actions, Of “barbarians”, “unworthy” and “inhuman” towards the local populations.
According to the same source, the Moroccan authorities deployed dozens of security and military vehicles in the city of Al Hoceima and implanted military camps within 24 hours of allegations by Saad-Eddin Al-Othmani, Responsible for the parties of the majority against the initiators of this movement to act on behalf of foreign parties to infringe territorial integrity.
= Supporters of the movement criticize the “repressive approach” of the State with respect to the claims of the Amazighs of the Rif =
Six months after the abominable assassination of the fish seller, Mouhcine Fikri, crushed by a dumpster in Al-Hoceima (northern Morocco), the disputes in this region took the name “Popular Movement in the Rif region “, A movement that is gaining support both inside and outside Morocco.
The political party Al-Nahdj Dimocrati (the Democratic Way) has criticized “the passivity” of the Moroccan state for the “legitimate protest of the Amazighs of the Rif”, denouncing “all the political and security measures as well as the Recruiting thugs to counter the movement and the questionable campaign orchestrated by the leaders of the majority aimed at discrediting the militants of the movement ”
The party also called for an end to “the injustice and exclusion suffered by all the marginalized regions and allow them to benefit from the wealth of their homeland, looted by the clans
Mafioso in power “, believing that this” regressive “policy can only strengthen their attachment to legitimate demands and their values of solidarity, resilience and cohesion, as were their ancestors.
“Al-Nahdj Dimocrati” strongly condemned “the repressive approach of the State” with regard to the claims of the Rif people, affirming that “the State persists in its repressive treatment of the demands of the Movement”. It is a policy “based on the military whole and the intimidation of citizens who go out in peaceful and civilized demonstrations to claim their legitimate rights,” he added.
In addition, the Preparatory Committee for European Coordination in Support of the Rifal Movement urged all the committees across Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway to organize, On Saturday, May 20, demonstrations in front of the consulates and embassies of Morocco in protest against the declarations of the leaders of the majority in the Moroccan Government vis-à-vis the movement of the Rif.
Source: Maroc: appel à une grève générale et à une marche “d’un million de personnes” au Rif
