Chronicle published in Zamane / February 2011 was believed ideologies put away in the closet, we thought the world driven by appetite alone the belly. The brief interlude of democracy triumphant, open to the ruins of the Cold War, seemed so far cleared by September 11 and its "war to terror. " A war, moreover, that does not say his name, that of a "clash of civilizations" that everybody complained, while refusing to see that splashed into it. West vs. Islam democratic authoritarian, it is this simplistic bi-polar (albeit tempered by the emergence of the big bad wolf Chinese) that Tunisian revolution is about to be shattered.
FACTS. For the first time in the history of the Arab world, a popular revolution does indeed seem to evolve or an Islamist regime or to a military dictatorship. Nothing is won yet, but several factors make possible the scenario of an emerging democracy: first, the Tunisian army was little contaminated by the vicissitudes of the police regime of Ben Ali and adopted since the beginning of the crisis, a reserve copy. This army is able to frame a possible democratic evolution of the Tunisian regime. Then there is a large Tunisian elite who suffered from the greed and lust for power and legendary clans Trabelsi Ben Ali. This elite, whether economic or political, is solidarity with the people who went out into the streets. The main uncertainty is in fact the degree of penetration of the Tunisian Islamist movements. Because we know the important work conducted by secularization Bourguiba, but we also know that Ben Ali, also embarked on a crusade against terrorism, had been obliged to give pledges political Islamists, the same time they are imprisoning.
THE LESSON. Still less that Tunisia has the opportunity to give a history lesson to the world. Tunisians may refer Europe and especially France, their own contradictions, to their double discourse, and thus gain precious points in the 'race to remorse "that will engage the democratic powers. The opportunity is unique for Tunisia to show the whole world that democracy is not necessary, and that even in the absence of foreign support, a people is capable of taking its destiny in hand. As for us, Arab and North African neighbors, we must recognize that the Tunisians have already given their lesson. In the coming months, all eyes will be on this small piece of the continent, new political laboratory south of the Mediterranean.
AND WE? Thus Morocco Will he also have to learn from the big night in Tunisia. It was believed the Power Moroccan fascinated by the economic success of Tunisia. Our leaders probably believed that infrastructure development could deliver them to tackle institutional reforms. The urgency, they felt, was not political. Now that shows us the revolution Tunisia is that those days are gone. Gone are the days of compromise with the legitimate demands for freedom and justice. The Tunisians have taught us that people, even Arab and Muslim still dying for something other than bread. To paraphrase Mohammed VI, one might almost say that time " double play and of evasion" is long gone. But this time, that our rulers that the message is addressed: the "safety valves" that constitute the fabric of our association, our compensation fund, or the policy in respect of graduates unemployed no longer enough. They will not do us safe from yet another social revolt which, in a context of a regional conflagration, could degenerate into a revolution. We suffer much longer compromise with freedom of expression? We complairons us in the code of silence that surrounds our judicial system? Will we continue to satisfy us of the power of one? One thing may save us yet: unlike with Tunisian clans Trabelsi and Ben Ali, the Moroccans have not yet identified the object of their anger. Corrupt and corrupting Moroccan carpets in the shade, quieter but no less effective than their Tunisian counterparts. For how long?
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