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“El Himma is relying on the three parties most known for lacking a clear message and being nothing more than a collection of pro-palace elites”
“El Himma is relying on the three parties most known for lacking a clear message and being nothing more than a collection of pro-palace elites”
Publié le décembre 4, 2008 par ibnkafka
Tiré de l’Arab Reform Bulletin du Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - bulletin qui n’est pas trop ma tasse de thé - plus spécifiquement d’un article d’un chercheur - James Liddell - du Project on Middle East Democracy, un think-tank très mainstream de Washington tout dévoué à la “démocratisation” du Moyen-Orient par la bonne fée étatsunienne, cet article sur Fouad Ali el Himma et son PAM (programme alimentaire marocain Parti authenticité et modernité):
While it is too early to predict the PAM’s long-term impact on the dynamics of Moroccan politics, its initial maneuvers reveal a reinforcement of embedded elite structures rather than any sort of renewal or change. From the outset, El Himma aggressively pursued alliances with the Popular Movement (MP), Constitutional Union (UC), and National Rally of Independents (RNI). The PAM merged recently with RNI to form the largest coalition in Parliament—“Rally and Modernity”—and the MP and UC are expected to follow suit. El Himma is relying on the three parties most known for lacking a clear message and being nothing more than a collection of pro-palace elites. Representatives from these parties are primarily rural notables and urban elites who gain parliamentary seats due to their patronage networks. They have little to no contact with their constituents and typically move from party to party.
power and personality—and not formal institutions—remain the most effective means of accomplishing things in Morocco.
In his efforts to build support for the PAM, El Himma routinely invokes the discourse of modernity; time after time, however, he resorts to practices of clientelism that contradict such language.
The irony, of course, is that the PJD is—by any definition—the most modern political party in Morocco. It is the most internally democratic party, the only one with a constituent relations program, and the only one that draws votes based on the party’s message and not the candidates’ family names. While most representatives view parliament as an old boys’ club for renewing personal contacts, the PJD has enacted a parliamentary code of ethics to discipline its representatives. This requires them to draft amendments, propose new legislation, and ask oral questions. While many parliamentarians from other parties do not bother to show up most of the time, the PJD requires attendance at plenary and committee sessions.
Intéressant de relever que même un think-thank washingtonien, par définition plutôt prédisposé à voir d’un bon oeil une initiative d’un proche du palais - fidèle allié étatsunien - pour contrer l’islamisme politique et “moderniser” la vie politique, ne soit pas dupe de la modernité authentique. La lune de miel aura été courte.
“El Himma is relying on the three parties most known for lacking a clear message and being nothing more than a collection of pro-palace elites”
“El Himma is relying on the three parties most known for lacking a clear message and being nothing more than a collection of pro-palace elites”
Publié le décembre 4, 2008 par ibnkafka
Tiré de l’Arab Reform Bulletin du Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - bulletin qui n’est pas trop ma tasse de thé - plus spécifiquement d’un article d’un chercheur - James Liddell - du Project on Middle East Democracy, un think-tank très mainstream de Washington tout dévoué à la “démocratisation” du Moyen-Orient par la bonne fée étatsunienne, cet article sur Fouad Ali el Himma et son PAM (programme alimentaire marocain Parti authenticité et modernité):
While it is too early to predict the PAM’s long-term impact on the dynamics of Moroccan politics, its initial maneuvers reveal a reinforcement of embedded elite structures rather than any sort of renewal or change. From the outset, El Himma aggressively pursued alliances with the Popular Movement (MP), Constitutional Union (UC), and National Rally of Independents (RNI). The PAM merged recently with RNI to form the largest coalition in Parliament—“Rally and Modernity”—and the MP and UC are expected to follow suit. El Himma is relying on the three parties most known for lacking a clear message and being nothing more than a collection of pro-palace elites. Representatives from these parties are primarily rural notables and urban elites who gain parliamentary seats due to their patronage networks. They have little to no contact with their constituents and typically move from party to party.
power and personality—and not formal institutions—remain the most effective means of accomplishing things in Morocco.
In his efforts to build support for the PAM, El Himma routinely invokes the discourse of modernity; time after time, however, he resorts to practices of clientelism that contradict such language.
The irony, of course, is that the PJD is—by any definition—the most modern political party in Morocco. It is the most internally democratic party, the only one with a constituent relations program, and the only one that draws votes based on the party’s message and not the candidates’ family names. While most representatives view parliament as an old boys’ club for renewing personal contacts, the PJD has enacted a parliamentary code of ethics to discipline its representatives. This requires them to draft amendments, propose new legislation, and ask oral questions. While many parliamentarians from other parties do not bother to show up most of the time, the PJD requires attendance at plenary and committee sessions.
Intéressant de relever que même un think-thank washingtonien, par définition plutôt prédisposé à voir d’un bon oeil une initiative d’un proche du palais - fidèle allié étatsunien - pour contrer l’islamisme politique et “moderniser” la vie politique, ne soit pas dupe de la modernité authentique. La lune de miel aura été courte.
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