FOUAD EST LIBRE, MAIS…
Yes! Fouad has been freed, but has justice been served?
I think not.
The Royal pardon, while a welcome positive development of the tragic miscarriage of justice that landed Fouad Mourtada in Jail, does not exonerate him. It is not a reform of the judicial system; it does not address the fundamental flaws plaguing it. The police still operate with the same refractory “lead years” mindset that reasoned Fouad’s youth impetuousness into a crime. The overly sycophantic judges and prosecutors are still using the same retrograde principles and approaches in their interpretation of the law and justice. The corrective process through which Moroccans can redress such judicial flaws as they might happen is non-existent. The establishment of a system that will allow the checking and balancing of unfairly rendered judgments is necessary. The quiddity of Justice is a system that fairly serves the people and not obsequiousness to its political masters. And a Royal pardon is not it.
I am overjoyed that Fouad is finally free, but I am saddened his freeing is been used by Moroccan autocrats as a false banner of justice in the Kingdom.
Ahmed T. B. Copyright © 2008
Yes Ahmed, I agree, justice has not YET fully been served, BUT first things first.
This is the system we have in place, now let’s work with it and take it to the next level to fix a few things. Our main objective was to free Fouad, and now that he’s free, let’s help him challenge this broken system to clear his name from the comfort of his own home instead of the rotten prison cell where he didn’t belong in the first place.
Comment by Myrtus — March 19, 2008 @ 11:44 am
I agree. With this decision, Justice in Morroco has taken some steps back. Someone asked @ Ibn Kafka’s blog if the Royal pardon is constitutional. I dont know the answer but one thing is sure this decision doesnt serve nor the justice nor the democracy in Morroco regardeles the fact that Fouad is free now.
Comment by Reda — March 20, 2008 @ 1:25 am