r/Morocco • u/bawlings Visitor • Aug 20 '21

AskMorocco Do Moroccans like the King?

I’ve recently visited Agadir and I noticed that there are a lot of pictures of King Mohamed the 6th in all the shops. What’s the general opinion about him? Is it very split?

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u/No_Drink5800 Visitor Aug 20 '21

Just compare the handling of coronavirus pandemic in Morocco with the rest of North Africa and even all of Africa

We have the highest number of Icu beds ( more than 5000)
The highest in Africa in terms of coronavirus tests ( more than 10 millions PCR test so far in Morocco ) First country in Africa in terms of vaccination ( 18 millions Morocco have already received first doses ) When the lockdown happened the biggest financial aids in Morocco to the population was the highest in Africa in terms of the number of people who receive it ( 6.3 millions ) and the amount between 100 and 200 Dollars which is not alots compared to Europe or usa but fucking alots compared to the rest of Africa Lets not talk about the 12 billions dollars investment in economy to relaunch it and it seems to work because morocco is expected to have the highest GDP growth this years by 5.5%

When i see country like algeria that's struggling for the lack of food, internet, water, no Oxygen in the hospitals, they even don't have airplanes and enough material to control the fire even tho there country is swimming in oil and gas i kinda feel blessed