Morocco: Dance with the deep state - FT.com

Morocco: Dance with the deep state - FT.com:

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Flying the flag: the February 20 movement brought together liberals, leftists and Islamists 

The Moroccan capital’s jet set was still slumbering after a late-night Rihanna concert a few weeks ago. The king was abroad, where he had been spotted wearing a collarless shirt and sports jacket in a chic district of Paris.
But at the Rabat headquarters of the country’s governing Islamist political party, dozens of the organisation’s lieutenants were up early, smartly coiffed and nibbling croissants ahead of an all-day Saturday strategy session. The topic: the continuing attempt by one of their coalition partners, the Istiqlal party, to bring down their government.
Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, the ruling Justice and Development party’s (PJD) charismatic leader, urged his lieutenants to remain steadfast."

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