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VEND 4, SAM. 5 ET DIM. 6 AOÛT 2023 - N°6571 NE PEUT ÊTRE VENDU SÉPARÉMENT DÉPÔT LÉGAL 100/1991 DIRECTEUR DE PUBLICATION KHALID BELYAZID
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Throne Day Speech
Changing mindset
Editorial Values Mohamed Ali MRABI
Meriem OUDGHIRI
W HEN the national soccer team made Moroccans dream during the define our line of conduct in everyday life. This change of mindset is essential
World Cup in Qatar, the formula came back like a leitmotif: “se- to speed up the completion of projects and launch a new generation of reforms.
riousness pays off…”. After euphoria, the lessons of this feat were
The challenge today is for this mindset to be assimilated by everyone and for
quickly forgotten. With all the assets at its disposal, Morocco has great room for everyone to be aware that they are directly concerned. This should be the case,
improvement. The development momentum having reached a stage of maturity, first and foremost, of families which constitute the core of society, crystallizing
it is important now to equip oneself with capacities making it possible to cross the values of unity and solidarity. Investors and the business world were also
a new level, and to tackle the failures which are stalling the engines of develop- challenged and asked to change the way they operate. Ditto for the civil ser-
ment. Strategic projects that are falling behind, investors left to fend for them- vants who just “show up” at work, and are called upon to immerse themselves
selves in the maze of administrations, and companies that drag their feet when in the logic of performance and service to be provided to citizens. Politicians
they have to pay their suppliers... the country can no longer function this way. are also called upon to put aside one-upmanship and squabbles, to better focus
The Throne Day Speech has set the course. Seriousness is now the watchword. on serious matters. The royal speech is a new call to order: we cannot build
A “concept that involves a set of ideals and operating principles”, which should something durable if we do not own these values. So let us be serious!o