Former MP Omar Balafrej has reemerged as an unexpected voice of Morocco’s Gen Z 212 movement, drawing thousands of young listeners after years of political silence. In his first public appearance since the protests began, he praised the youth for daring to demand change, urged a reordering of national priorities, and called for reconciliation and renewed political accountability.
Some sixty Moroccan politicians, intellectuals, journalists, and activists have signed an open letter to King Mohammed VI backing the Generation Z protests. They called on him to end the ongoing crackdown and to initiate broad reforms of the country’s power structure.
Peaceful GenZ 212 protests in Morocco over healthcare and education turned violent in several cities, with three people killed and public and private property vandalized across 23 provinces. Lack of dialogue or a late government response ? Psychosociologist Mohcine Benzakour on why the protests escalated into violence.
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