Rabat, May 22, 2013 (MAP)
The government performance and relations between officials and the media are the major topics commented this Wednesday by editorialists.
In an editorial titled “what’s the use of governments”, Le Soir Echoes surveys the history of governments in Morocco since independence in 1956, stressing that education reforms have made Morocco waste several years as they deepened social gaps while health and justice are experiencing several problems.
In addition, it goes on, economic management, water management and youth issues have been neglected, insisting that this is a reminder to those in charge of the real priorities.
The government needs to restore to political commitment its spirit of sharing and society improvement and come back to simple values like solidarity, mutual help and the respect of basic democratic values, the editorialist argues, insisting that “time has come to re-conquer the heart of young people by involving them in a unifying project, instead of leaving them wondering on the use of governments”.
In an editorial titled “thank you boss”, Aujourd’hui le Maroc comments on the advice by the head of government and leader of the country’s first parliamentary forces to members of his party to abstain from reading newspapers.
This is a surprising remark from the leader of a party which is holding the communication ministerial portfolio, it notes stressing that the Moroccan press “only crime” is doing its job in looking for information.
The editorialist recalls the major part played by the press, quoting the British former prime minister “criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things”.
“Our politicians ought to meditate this quote”, the editorialist says.
