Rabat – A survey by Morocco’s National Observatory for Human Development (ONDH) has established that 70% of Moroccan youth do not trust political institutions.
Of the surveyed, 73% said they were “skeptical” of the Moroccan Parliament, while up to 78% spoke of distrusting political parties.
The survey, titled “Human development and the reality of the situation of youth in Morocco,” stressed the importance of valuing and investing in Moroccan youth.
“The path Asian countries have successfully followed since the nineties of the last century to improve their economies,” it noted.
Young people in Morocco make up 30% of the country’s population, and one tenth of the region’s total youth population. A recent World Bank survey revealed that 49% of Moroccan youth are neither in school nor in the workforce.
ONDH’s survey comes as Moroccan authorities pledge to improve the conditions of young people.
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The country’s new development model intends to put extra focus on younger generations, and the newly elected government has revealed plans to prioritize boosting youth employment across different sectors.
The survey attributed the disintegrating trust in the Moroccan government to the “lack of measures taken to resolve the country’s most pressing issues.”
It also suggested restructuring policy-making in the country, arguing that there is a need for an integrated future vision that is particularly concerned with encouraging equity among young people.
For the majority of Moroccans, incompetent and self-entitled politicians constitue one of the main obstacles preventing their country from fulfulling its development potential.
Many Moroccans perceive political parties as having strayed from their main mission of leading the country toward progress.
Reports published by the United Nations and other international entities show that Moroccan politicians have traditionally failed to deliver on their electoral promises.
