The commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People is an opportunity to highlight the edifying scope and the deep symbolism of a renewed national epic to build and raise the buildings of the Nation and safeguard its territorial integrity.
Thus, in an atmosphere of enthusiasm and continuous mobilization, the Moroccan people as well as the family of the Resistance and the Liberation Army commemorate, on Saturday, this anniversary rich in lessons of patriotism, an event engraved in the historical memory of the Kingdom in terms of the quest for freedom, independence and unity of the Fatherland, under the leadership of the glorious Alaouite Throne.
On August 20, 1953, the colonial authorities forced into exile the hero of liberation and independence, the late HM King Mohammed V, with the intention of extinguishing the flame of the national struggle, indicates the High Commission for former resistance fighters and former members of the liberation army, in a press release relayed by MAP.
However, this heinous act only aroused a strong mobilization of the Moroccan people who rose up in all regions of the country to defend the greatness of the country, protect the sovereignty of the Kingdom and forcefully demand the return of the late Sovereign, symbol of the unity of the Nation.
This epic is an important and decisive historical step in the process of the national struggle that Moroccans have waged for decades and generations to free themselves from the colonial yoke, in particular the battles of Elhri in the Middle Atlas in 1914, of Anoual in the Rif, from 1921 to 1926, from Bougafer to Ouarzazate, from Jbel Baddou to Errachidia in 1933, it is specified.
And to add that the political action was given body during the opposition to the so-called Berber Dahir in 1930, from where the national mobilization continued with the presentation on January 11, 1944, of the historical document ” Manifesto of Independence “ from Morocco.
On April 9, 1947, the late HM Mohammed V paid a visit to the city of Tangier, where he delivered his historic speech in which the Sovereign had openly claimed the independence of Morocco and its national unity. From then on, the royal palace engaged in a fierce fight once morest the actions of the General Residence of Morocco during the French Protectorate, hence the package committed on August 20, 1953 by the colonial authorities once morest the hero of the Nation, Feu HM King Mohammed V.
Consequently, a resistance of an entire people, which broke out on October 1, 1955 in the north of the country, made the colonial power bend, which had no other choice but to release King Moujahid to make a triumphant return. in his country on November 16, 1955, bringing the good news of independence and freedom, and the beginning of the great « jihad » (combat) economic and social for the construction of a free and independent Morocco in search of realization of its territorial integrity.
The liberation march and the completion of national independence continued with the recovery of Tarfaya on April 15, 1958 and Sidi Ifni on June 30, 1969.
This heroic epic resulted in the liberation of the remaining usurped parts of the Moroccan Sahara thanks to the symbiosis between the Throne and the people, in particular the virtuosity and wisdom of the initiator of the green march, the late SM Hassan II, who enabled the 28 February 1976 the evacuation of the last foreign soldier from the Moroccan Sahara, as well as the recovery of the province of Oued Eddahab on August 14, 1979.
In the process, the resistance family reaffirms its permanent mobilization and continues behind HM King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, in order to defend our territorial integrity which would not be the subject of concession and negotiation, welcoming, in this sense, the Moroccan initiative to grant greater autonomy to the southern provinces under national sovereignty.
The epic of the Revolution of the King and the People occupies a special place in the heart of every Moroccan, because it conveys the values of patriotism, pride of national belonging, sacrifice, commitment and victory of the will of the Throne and the people.
On this great occasion, the High Commissioner urges the active forces and all the political, trade union, human rights, youth and women’s bodies to strengthen the internal national front and promote the orientations and choices of development which meet the expectations and aspirations of all categories of Moroccan society in terms of well-being, economic and social progress.
On the program, several activities will be organized by the regional and provincial delegations, the local offices of the High Commission, as well as the spaces of historical memory of the resistance and the liberation, and this in coordination and in partnership with the governmental departments, the public institutions, elected bodies and civil society organizations.
