{"id":3094,"date":"2025-08-05T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:22:12","slug":"morocco-in-the-grip-of-total-collapse-the-end-of-the-akhannouch-era-and-the-states-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/morocco-in-the-grip-of-total-collapse-the-end-of-the-akhannouch-era-and-the-states-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco in the Grip of Total Collapse: The End of the Akhannouch Era and the State\u2019s Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5229\" data-end=\"5475\"><em data-start=\"5328\" data-end=\"5475\">A powerful opinion piece by journalist Rida Addam ignites criticism of the Akhannouch government and exposes the fragility of the Moroccan state.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5477\" data-end=\"5925\"><em data-start=\"5477\" data-end=\"5490\">Morocco Now<\/em> has flagged a powerful opinion article published by journalist Rida Addam on August 4, 2025, under the striking title:<br data-start=\"5609\" data-end=\"5612\" \/><strong data-start=\"5612\" data-end=\"5711\">&#8220;Morocco in the Grip of Total Collapse: The End of the Akhannouch Era and the State\u2019s Dilemma.&#8221;<\/strong><br data-start=\"5711\" data-end=\"5714\" \/>In it, he describes the current political, economic, and social moment as a time of systemic collapse \u2014 not just of a government, but of the state as a whole: its institutions, its narrative, and its governance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x6ikm8r x10wlt62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid0tbRJX1nw5nDF2dRannzQU3Brf26R83aGF92pugfW36M92Meuet4CGXdh13FAbBu1l%26id%3D61578078883683&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"449\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5927\" data-end=\"6218\">The article, widely shared across social media platforms, stood out for its scathing tone \u2014 a tone which, according to some, reflects deep popular anxiety over Morocco\u2019s internal trajectory, amid declining economic indicators, unprecedented social unrest, and a widespread sense of betrayal.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6220\" data-end=\"6268\">Shocking Headlines\u2026 and Legitimate Questions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6270\" data-end=\"6524\">In a rare move, the author goes beyond attacking governmental performance and claims that Morocco is witnessing a <strong data-start=\"6384\" data-end=\"6432\">deliberate dismantling of state institutions<\/strong>, amid official silence and dominance by elites he describes as \u201cshameless and unpatriotic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6526\" data-end=\"6764\">Addam argues that Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch is nothing more than a \u201chollow figurehead,\u201d and that his downfall signals not merely a political transition but the <strong data-start=\"6691\" data-end=\"6764\">collapse of an entire system built on deception and recycled failure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6766\" data-end=\"6957\">He dubs the current reality a \u201c<strong data-start=\"6797\" data-end=\"6840\">grand workshop for falsifying awareness<\/strong>,\u201d where numbers are sugarcoated, truth is silenced, and the state is emptied of its democratic and social substance.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6959\" data-end=\"7008\">Between Economic Figures and Ground Realities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7010\" data-end=\"7070\">In a direct style, the article presents alarming indicators:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7072\" data-end=\"7457\">\n<li data-start=\"7072\" data-end=\"7166\">\n<p data-start=\"7074\" data-end=\"7166\">Growth fell below 3%, while inflation surpassed 6%, signaling a decline in purchasing power.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7167\" data-end=\"7263\">\n<p data-start=\"7169\" data-end=\"7263\">Employment programs like \u201cForsa\u201d and \u201cAwrach\u201d collapsed into precarious, futureless contracts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7264\" data-end=\"7356\">\n<p data-start=\"7266\" data-end=\"7356\">The \u201cGreen Morocco Plan,\u201d despite billions spent, failed to ensure food or water security.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7357\" data-end=\"7457\">\n<p data-start=\"7359\" data-end=\"7457\">Education and healthcare systems are described as a \u201cdaily massacre\u201d and a \u201cfactory of ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7459\" data-end=\"7618\">These signs, according to Addam, point to a <strong data-start=\"7503\" data-end=\"7524\">structural crisis<\/strong> \u2014 one that cannot be solved through ministerial reshuffles or cosmetic constitutional tweaks.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7620\" data-end=\"7661\">Royal Silence: A Signal or a Verdict?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7663\" data-end=\"7964\">One of the article\u2019s most striking points is the <strong data-start=\"7712\" data-end=\"7730\">king\u2019s silence<\/strong> regarding Akhannouch in the recent Throne Speech \u2014 no mention, not even a ceremonial thank you \u2014 interpreted as a <strong data-start=\"7845\" data-end=\"7873\">\u201csilent political slap,\u201d<\/strong> possibly signaling the end of Akhannouch\u2019s time\u2026 and a turning point for the coming phase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7966\" data-end=\"8145\">Still, Addam avoids speculative interpretations and links the silence to a deeper system-wide dilemma \u2014 <strong data-start=\"8070\" data-end=\"8145\">warning against recycling the same broken model without accountability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8147\" data-end=\"8210\">State Media: Platform for Loot or Forum for Accountability?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8212\" data-end=\"8536\">The article dedicates a section to the crisis of state-run media, calling it a \u201c<strong data-start=\"8292\" data-end=\"8320\">living national funeral,<\/strong>\u201d now reduced to a propaganda tool for a system that\u2019s lost its credibility \u2014 replaced by YouTubers selling illusions and glorifying failure, while professional journalism is suppressed, jailed, or forced into exile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8538\" data-end=\"8678\">According to the <strong data-start=\"8555\" data-end=\"8583\">Reuters Institute (2024)<\/strong>, Moroccan media lost 62% of its audience in just five years \u2014 a stark sign of public mistrust.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8680\" data-end=\"8730\">Diplomatic Paralysis and Waning Regional Clout<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8732\" data-end=\"8921\">Addam also highlights <strong data-start=\"8754\" data-end=\"8789\">Morocco\u2019s diplomatic stagnation<\/strong>: tensions with neighboring Maghreb countries, stalled normalization agreements, and the withdrawal of promised Israeli investments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8923\" data-end=\"9062\">He argues that Morocco is becoming a <strong data-start=\"8960\" data-end=\"9062\">state led from abroad \u2014 fragile, isolated, and ineffective within its regional or African context.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9064\" data-end=\"9108\">Accountability or Another Cycle of Ruin?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9110\" data-end=\"9147\">Addam closes with a central question:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9149\" data-end=\"9260\"><strong data-start=\"9149\" data-end=\"9260\">\u201cWho will be held accountable? Will only Akhannouch take the fall, or will the whole system face scrutiny?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9262\" data-end=\"9460\">A fair \u2014 and urgent \u2014 question, especially as growing public sentiment sees the current political phase as expired and fears that <strong data-start=\"9392\" data-end=\"9460\">\u201cstability without reform\u201d is a guaranteed recipe for explosion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9462\" data-end=\"9493\"><em data-start=\"9466\" data-end=\"9479\">Morocco Now<\/em>&#8216;s Final Take:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9495\" data-end=\"9716\">Rida Addam\u2019s article, regardless of its sharp tone, reflects a <strong data-start=\"9558\" data-end=\"9578\">narrative crisis<\/strong> within the Moroccan state: loss of direction, erosion of trust, and a growing gap between triumphalist rhetoric and a collapsing reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9718\" data-end=\"9902\">According to this reading, it is time to deeply reconsider Morocco\u2019s political and economic model \u2014 <strong data-start=\"9818\" data-end=\"9902\">before the door of reform closes and the door of popular anger swings wide open.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful opinion piece by journalist Rida Addam ignites criticism of the Akhannouch government and exposes the fragility of the Moroccan state. 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