In response to the Arab Spring protests that spread to Morocco in 2011, Mohammed VI proposed a new constitution that aimed to curb his powers, strengthen representative democracy, and expand the powers of the prime minister and parliament. After the new constitution was put into effect that year, elections brought to power a popular Islamist party, but the constitution preserved the king as the final authority. During the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, the palace reasserted more authority. Although the constitution did not substantially check the power of the monarchy, it preserved the legitimacy of the monarchy in many Moroccans’ eyes.
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