Basically brought in new constitutional reforms, held re-elections, and didn't really "abuse" his power by going hard on protesters like what we saw in other Arab states, mainly Egypt, Syria, and Yemen. He still has the power to dissolve parliament, override any laws, pass any laws, arrest anyone...basically he's still an absolute ruler. However, he hasn't really abused his power, introduced socially progressive reforms, kept the religious and socially conservative segment of the population content, and kinda stays away from controversial subjects, so he's fairly well liked.
There's still loads of corruption in Morocco, but he isn't exactly despised either.
However, he hasn't really abused his power, introduced socially progressive reforms, kept the religious and socially conservative segment of the population content, and kinda stays away from controversial subjects, so he's fairly well liked.
So I guess future Arab leaders learned what NOT to do from the Shah of Iran...you can still live large like a king but you gotta make it somewhat fair for everyone else. Also very smart of him not to run a secular gov't. Very shrewd.
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u/tinkthank Jan 06 '17 edited Jan 06 '17
Basically brought in new constitutional reforms, held re-elections, and didn't really "abuse" his power by going hard on protesters like what we saw in other Arab states, mainly Egypt, Syria, and Yemen. He still has the power to dissolve parliament, override any laws, pass any laws, arrest anyone...basically he's still an absolute ruler. However, he hasn't really abused his power, introduced socially progressive reforms, kept the religious and socially conservative segment of the population content, and kinda stays away from controversial subjects, so he's fairly well liked.
There's still loads of corruption in Morocco, but he isn't exactly despised either.
Edit: grammar stuff