Moroccan Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Obstructing Royal Convoy Amid Job Crisis

At 33 years old, this father of five daughters had wanted to address the sovereign directly after losing all hope of finding a job. He had been unemployed for more than a year, his wife said during his trial.

Knowing that he could be prosecuted by the justice system, the young man nevertheless tried his luck, his mother-in-law said, stating that the small family was going through very difficult times due to their financial situation. She said he had reportedly withdrawn his 5 daughters from school.

To recall, the young man had disrupted the royal procession on Friday, October 11, during the opening by King Mohammed VI of the first session of the fourth legislative year of the tenth legislature. He had been immediately arrested by the police and the sovereign’s bodyguards.