The day after the first round of Gen Z protests on Saturday, September 27, in several Moroccan cities, participants and organizers warned against what they see as attempts at «political co-optation». On the GenZ 212 page, the administrators addressed the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) in particular on Sunday, following the participation of its former secretary-general, Nabila Mounib, in the sit-in held in Casablanca. In videos shared online, the MP is seen engaging with some protesters, who told her directly that they had no political affiliation and were only advocating for basic demands, better public health and education services, and action against corruption. This reaction comes in the wake of a PSU statement denouncing the arrests that accompanied gatherings dispersed across multiple cities. The party's political bureau urged the State to «refrain from abuses of power, separate money from politics, and listen to the demands of the Moroccan population and its youth». Other opposition voices joined in. The Justice and Development Party's general secretariat issued a statement calling for the release of those arrested. According to preliminary figures from the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) in Rabat, the number of arrests between September 27 and 28 «exceeded one hundred (100)», not including protesters injured during police interventions. Late Saturday night, the administrators of GenZ 212 confirmed and condemned detentions «without clear cause», describing them as an «infringement on a legitimate right guaranteed by law and the Constitution». They also expressed their «condemnation of any illegal or non-peaceful acts» that may have taken place during the gatherings.
