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new constitution the monarch's response to requests for greater freedom resulting from the turmoil in the Middle East

Moroccans voted Friday on whether to adopt a new constitution that the king has been advocated as a response to demands for greater freedom - but protesters say the king will always be firmly in control

The constitutional referendum is almost certain to result in a resounding vote in favor, like all the referenda of the past in the North African country, and more generally in the Arab world.

is powered by an extensive media campaign of the government, and is considered by some as a way to open Moroccan politics temporarily, while leaving the kind of tumultuous regime change seen in other parts in the region.

Some voters in the country about 40,000 polling stations described the vote as a vote of confidence in the King Mohammed VI, 47, assumed the throne in 1999 and is considered a fairly modern monarch.

preliminary results are expected after the close of voting on Friday night.

a popular tourist destination, usually stable, Muslim kingdom is a staunch ally of the United States in a strategic strip of northern Africa has suffered terrorist attacks -. And in recent months, popular uprisings against the autocratic

Morocco, like the rest of the Middle East, was dragged through the pro-democracy demonstrations earlier this year to protest against the lack of freedom, the weak economy and political corruption.

The king, however, seems to have been popular discontent with the presentation of a new constitution that guarantees the rights of women and minorities, and increases the powers of parliament and the judiciary, apparently at the expense of its own.

Protests continued, however, and February 20 pro-democracy movement has called for a boycott. He insists that the new constitution allows the king firmly in power and be a little different from its predecessor.

Their voices were drowned as almost all political parties, newspapers and television for the last week pushed the Moroccans to vote for the Constitution.

The monarch was one of the electorate voted in a chic, Rabat, like all other voters, voting and identity cards were checked against the list. He voted with his brother, Prince Moulay Rachid.

The crowds were small, but constant polling stations in a working class neighborhood of sale outside the capital, Rabat.

Voters cafile
Roqiya, 54, with glasses and a scarf in the city of Benslimane, said he was voting yes "because it has come a long way." "It's much better than before. The king keeps us stable and peaceful in the midst of great change," he said.

the eve of the referendum, pro-democracy demonstration a few hundred people was flooded by thousands of government supporters who were taken by bus to the occasion with matching t-shirts to promote the constitution.
militants took refuge in a service station under police protection, while being chased by strident pro-government demonstrators threw eggs at them and called them "traitors" and "agents."

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