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February 20 Movement calls for protests on Sunday following Moroccan king speech

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Rabat, June 18, 2011 (SPS) - The Moroccan February 20 Movement has called for nationwide protests in the many cities against constitutional reforms proposed by the Moroccan king in a television address on Friday.

"The national co-ordinators [of the 20 Movement] have called for a demonstration Sunday for a truly democratic constitution and a parliamentary monarchy," a member of the movement's Rabat section told the AFP news agency on Saturday.

"The plan as proposed by the king yesterday does not respond to our demands for a true separation of powers. We will protest peacefully on Sunday against this plan." he added.

The proposals will be put to a referendum on July 1.