Hope for the Future, Regret for the Past

In Morocco, a Rights Movement, at the King's Pace - New York Times

In an interview in his Casablanca law office, the walls decorated with Koranic sayings engraved in brass, [Member of Parliament Mustafa] Rameed said the only opinion that really mattered was that of the king. "The political path is determined by the mood of the king and not the mood of the people. We have left the authoritarian years behind us, but we are not yet a democracy."

Mr. Rameed and many other people active politically hope to restructure the Constitution to strengthen the role of Parliament and the political parties while defining the monarchy within a framework of laws.