Several injured during Morocco protest

Several Moroccan protesters, demanding more jobs in the northern city of Taza, have been wounded in clashes with the police. Police car hit one of the demonstrators during the late Wednesday protests, leaving him in critical conditions. The angry demonstrators, who were repeating the nation's call for creation of more employment opportunities and improvement of working conditions, set another police car on fire. Morocco's opposition February 20 Movement held rallies in the major cities of Casablanca and Fes in solidarity with the demonstrators in Taza. Popular anti-regime rallies have been a weekly occurrence in Morocco since early 2011. The protest rallies have exerted growing pressure on the US-backed Moroccan King Mohammed VI to amend the constitution and give greater powers to the country's parliament and prime minister. Parliamentary elections were held in the North African country on November 25, 2011. Disapproval of the results has ever since been added to the grievances of the protesters, who say the polls failed to bring about true democratic reforms and were held to support Morocco's corrupt system.