The reality of political reforms under the government of Abdullah Benkiran in Morocco after the 2011 constitution

Abstract

After thousands of Moroccans took to streets to demand constitutional change and farther restrictions to King’s power , as a result of the 20th February movement , the king called for the convening of advisory committee to revise the constitution and make reforms to calm those angry crowds . In this paper we try to investigate whether these reforms advanced Morocco towards full democratic transition under the government of ABDEL-ILAH BENKIRAN (2011-2016).The conclusion of this research is that these reforms succeeded in avoiding the results that affected other Arab spring countries , gave the angry mob some changes including enlarging the power of executive , legislative and jucial prances while reserving considerable power for the king and this was due to the weakness of BENKIRAN governments in the face of those big challenges .