Protesters say king’s reforms do not go far enough
Monarch offered to devolve some of his powers
Changes to be put to referendum on July 1
CASABLANCA, June 19 (Reuters) – Several thousand people marched through Morocco’s biggest city on Sunday to protest that constitutional reforms unveiled this week by King Mohammed have not gone far enough.
After some of the biggest protests in decades — inspired in part by the “Arab Spring” uprisings — the monarch announced on Friday he would devolve some of his powers to parliament and the government and put the reforms to a referendum on July 1.
Under the changes, the king would retain his hold on security, the army and religion. That disappointed some opponents who had wanted to see the monarch hand over all his executive powers to elected officials.