HIBAPRESS – Yassine Dhmiri
In the midst of the floods in Ksar El Kebir, a bright image of a nation emerged, a nation that knows how to protect its people in the most difficult circumstances, where the Moroccan authorities, in their various forms, presented an advanced model in seriousness, readiness, and precise coordination.
What happened in Ksar El Kebir was not a passing technical intervention, but a true national epic whose supreme title was the protection of the citizen and making his safety above all else.
From the first hours of the rising water level, the Royal Armed Forces moved with high efficiency and great responsibility, supporting the rest of the interveners, to secure the city's surroundings and threatened areas.
The presence of the army formed a field and moral support, and established a general feeling that the state was strongly present when it came to the lives of citizens.
With a spirit of discipline and dedication, the elements of the National Security and the Royal Gendarmerie embodied the highest meanings of public service, by organizing evacuation operations, securing property, and ensuring the smooth flow of interventions in exceptional climatic conditions.
Continuous work day and night reflects the professionalism of security institutions that have accumulated extensive experience in crisis management.
The Auxiliary Forces also played a pivotal role in supporting evacuation efforts and accompanying the population, especially in fragile neighborhoods and areas exposed to danger.
Their intense presence in the field contributed to accelerating interventions and reducing the size of risks, and strengthened the trust between the citizen and the institutions of his state.
It is impossible to talk about the floods in Ksar El Kebir without stopping at the enormous sacrifices made by the elements of the Civil Defense, who remained in the front lines, involved in rescue operations and facing water currents and transporting citizens to safe areas.
Men and women faced danger in silence, and made selflessness a permanent title for their interventions, their weapon being a strong faith in their homeland to serve their people.
The territorial authorities, in their various degrees, also showed great wisdom in decision-making and in coordinating between the various interveners.
From local leaders to workers and governors, the situation was managed rationally and proactively, especially in light of the filling of the Oued El Makhazen dam and its exceeding its capacity.
A number of elected officials recorded a responsible and effective presence, through field engagement, direct communication with the population, and contributing to facilitating evacuation and support operations.
This cohesion between officials, elected officials, and the authorities reflects a collective awareness that serving the citizen is a shared responsibility that does not accept hesitation.
The pictures and videos coming from Ksar El Kebir will remain etched in the national memory, because they summarize the meaning of true solidarity between state institutions and the people.
Scenes that inspire pride, and confirm that the high royal instructions are not slogans, but strict directives that are translated in the field by protecting human beings and their dignity.
What happened in Ksar El Kebir confirms once again that the value of the Moroccan citizen to his country's authorities is greater than any consideration, and that the homeland, when it faces adversity, turns into a beehive that does not sleep, in which everyone works without distinction, with one spirit and one goal.
It is a homeland that builds its glory with the hands of its people, a homeland in which the official and the citizen stand in solidarity to move forward, a homeland in which everyone is equal, a homeland whose sons have sworn to defend its sanctities with all their strength under the motto God, Homeland, King.
In contrast to this bright image, other experiences in the regional neighborhood stand out, revealing the vast difference in the logic of crisis management, where natural disasters turn into opportunities to increase tension instead of embracing citizens.
There, the affected people are not received with evacuation and protection plans, but their angry voices are met with tools of deterrence and repression, as if the danger is not the floods but the citizen himself.
And the difference here is clear between a homeland that puts the lives of its people above all else, and another state that is busy distracting its oppressed people by creating external enemies and imaginary problems, under the guise of a ready-made discourse about "the enemy who is lurking for us."
Between the two models, Moroccans choose a tangible reality whose title is a state that protects, supports, and proves in times of hardship that it is in the service of its people, not against it.
