Elections

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• Morocco’s Political Parties Clash Over Electoral System Ahead of Legislative Vote
  22 July 2020, by Bladi.net

  A few months before the legislative elections in Morocco, political parties are divided on the electoral system. The first memoranda of the political formations have been filed with the Ministry of the Interior.
  The deposits have been effective since Sunday, but nothing has leaked out about the content of these memoranda filed by the party leaders, specifies the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. However, they remain divided against the electoral system but agree on the proposal of the (…)

• Morocco Considers Postponing 2021 Elections Amid COVID-19 Concerns
  9 August 2020, by Sylvanus

  Faced with the worrying epidemiological situation in the kingdom, Morocco could postpone the 2021 elections. Political party leaders have different points of view.
  Two positions are emerging. Some political leaders argue that the 2021 elections, a full-scale test, must be held in accordance with the constitutional and legal deadlines. These elections will have to lead to the appointment of 32,000 local elected officials in the municipal, provincial and prefectural assemblies as well as (…)

• Morocco’s Interior Minister to Meet Parties Amid Election Reform Debate
  27 August 2020, by Jérôme

  In preparation for the 2021 elections in Morocco, the Minister of the Interior will meet with political parties next week. This meeting is all the more necessary as the agreement is struggling to be reached within the ranks of the majority and the idea of postponing the elections is stirring.
  The Minister of the Interior had already taken a first step by meeting, in mid-August, the leaders of the opposition parties, namely Nizar Baraka (PI), Abdellatif Ouahbi (PAM) and Nabil Benabdellah (…)

• Morocco Probes Alleged Misuse of Municipal Funds in Nador Election Campaign
  6 September 2020, by Jérôme

  The Ministry of the Interior wants to know more about the subsidies granted by certain elected assemblies to associations under very vague conditions. A commission has been instructed to investigate a case in Nador.
  According to the daily Assabah, the beneficiary associations would currently be conducting an early election campaign in favor of their donors. The newspaper cites a particular case in Nador where allocations of around 2 million dirhams have been granted under dubious (…)

• PJD and Interior Ministry Clash Over Regional Development as Elections Loom
  10 September 2020, by Jérôme

  Bickering between the Justice and Development Party (PJD) and the men of Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, as elections approach. In the Draa-Tafilalet region in particular, PJD elected officials are attacking the wali with virulence.
  The senior officials of the territorial administration, led by the walis of the regions and governors, are being attacked by the PJD leaders who are firing on all cylinders against the Ministry of the Interior, reports the daily Assabah.
  The (…)

• Morocco’s Interior Minister Confirms 2021 Elections Will Proceed as Scheduled
  12 September 2020, by Bladi.net

  The elections scheduled in Morocco next year will not be postponed. This is the promise made by the Minister of the Interior, who chaired a meeting with the heads of political parties.
  As part of the organization of the elections scheduled for 2021, Abdelouafi Laftit indicates that the elections will indeed take place as planned. A statement to dispel the rumors circulating about the probability of a postponement due to the epidemiological situation. Abdelouafi Laftit also announced an (…)

• Istiqlal Party Advocates for Voting Rights of Moroccan Expatriates in 2021 Elections
  28 September 2020, by Jérôme

  "The participation of Moroccans residing abroad in the 2021 legislative elections" was at the heart of a conference initiated by the Coordination of the Istiqlal Party in Europe on Friday, September 25. An important point discussed was political representation and the right to vote, in the run-up to the 2021 legislative elections.
  For Noureddine Mediane, president of the Istiqlal Group in the House of Representatives and member of the executive committee of the Istiqlal party, his (…)

• Morocco Considers Expanding Parliament Amid Corruption Concerns
  11 October 2020, by Jérôme

  On the occasion of the renewal of its bodies, the idea of increasing the number of seats in the first chamber of the Moroccan parliament is being raised. At the maneuver, certain major electors, however involved in various scandals.
  In the perspective of an increase in the number of seats in the House of Representatives, the war of accreditations is open within the political parties, particularly in the colleges of the major electors. These candidates would have received the approval of (…)

• Far-Right Vlaams Belang Surges in Flemish Polls, Leveraging Social Media Success
  14 October 2020, by Jérôme

  In the last elections in May 2019, Vlaams Belang obtained more than 18%, the second position among Flemish parties, behind the N-VA. But since then, the far-right formation has been leading the polls.
  The secret of Tom Van Grieken is his hyperactivity on social networks; unbeatable on Facebook (more than 500,000 fans last week), far ahead of all other Belgian political leaders, reports rtbf.be. "It’s an interesting medium. We get direct feedback from people. We can know if the message is (…)

• Wealthy Moroccan Elites Host Gatherings to Shape Electoral Map Ahead of Elections
  17 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  Pending the organization of the elections, some wealthy notables are hosting festive local meetings in their sumptuous homes in the north of the country. These gatherings are observed in order to establish a new "concerted" electoral map.
  The political actors in this Moroccan region do not want to waste time. Real estate developers, businessmen, farmers and notables mobilize every evening in one of the houses of the businessmen interested in these elections to conclude several political (…)