The Moroccan American community has learned that the Moroccan embassy here in Washington Dc has created a new association to represent our community. As usual, this association consists only of embassy cronies who have no credibility whatsoever with our community.

We, the members of the Moroccan American Community Development Organization (MACDO), condemn the intimidation and the threat that our members were subjected to during the embassy meeting with Mr. Harzani on June 05, 2008.

As we all know, the purpose of the meeting was to meet with Mr. Harzani, who was responsible for creating the consultative council for Moroccans living abroad, a council that MACDO currently does not recognize.

Some officers of MACDO attended the meeting to express their members’ views regarding the undemocratic way in which Mr. Harzani chose members of the council.

Before the meeting started, the guest, Mr. Harzani, approached our members who were holding signs of protest such as “Mr. Harzani you AR not welcome”, “Mr. Harzani you are anti-democracy”, etc.

Members of Moroccan American Community Development Organization “MACDO” Learned this weekend about the visit of Mr. Harzani to Washington DC. He is, for those who don’t know him, the President of the Consultative Council for Human rights “CCDH”.
The Moroccan embassy here in Washington invited the presidents of all-Moroccan organizations and associations to meet with him on June 05, 2008. However, the invitation was short and not clear about the purpose of this meeting. According to embassy staff, Mr. Harzani was not invited by any organization or association, as it has been reported by an unknown source. He is just visiting the United States to meet with the heads of Moroccan organizations and his goal was not disclosed to the community.