Elections

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• Former Istiqlal Party Leader Returns to Morocco After Two-Year Exile
  24 October 2020, by Jérôme

  After spending two years in Turkey, the former boss of the Istiqlal party, Hamid Chabat, is back in Morocco. His supporters are firmly convinced that he has returned to regain the Fez town hall, lost to the PJD’s El Azami.
  The former boss of the Istiqlal party had left Morocco after losing his positions as secretary general of the PI and the UGMT trade union center. The reason for his return to Morocco last Wednesday would be the recovery of the Fez town hall, currently occupied by the (…)

• Moroccan Islamist Party PJD Faces Internal Strife Ahead of 2021 Elections
  30 October 2020, by Jérôme

  As the 2021 elections approach, the PJDists are at war with each other again. A worrying case, at a time when the party is losing more and more of its followers in Tetouan and its region.
  The old conflicts are resurfacing in the ranks of the PJD in the north of the country. War of accreditations, the famous "tazkiyates" important to go to the elections, the old war of clans opposing the supporters of the founder, Lamine Boukhoubza to the supporters of the mayor of Tetouan, Mohamed Id (…)

• Moroccan Politicians Vie for Hospital Equipment Ahead of Elections
  29 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Moroccan politicians are already preparing the ground for a successful electoral deadline. The approach taken by some elected officials is to do everything to ensure that the public contracts launched by the ministry benefit first the hospitals in their constituency.
  Some elected officials are taking advantage of the painful situation experienced by patients affected by the coronavirus, especially those in critical condition, who have difficulty finding an intensive care bed. Thus, some (…)

• Deadline Approaches for Moroccan Voter Registration Ahead of 2021 Elections
  1 December 2020, by Ginette

  The message is addressed to all Moroccans aged at least 18 years or who will reach this age by March 31, 2021 at the latest, and do not have any incapacity provided for by law. Registration applications must be submitted to the offices of the local administrative authority where their place of residence is located or on the website listeselectorales.ma, reports the MAP.
  As for those who have changed their place of residence, they must also notify their transfer request to the municipality (…)

• Moroccan Civil Society Petitions King as PJD Accused of Politicizing Mosques Ahead of Elections
  9 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  In the perspective of the 2021 elections, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) is deploying strategies to capture the electorate of mosque leaders. Civil society has sent a petition to King Mohammed VI to denounce this act.
  Responding to the oral questions of the parliamentary group of the Lamp party on the role of mosques in the fight against the epidemic and the situation of staff (imams, muezzins and maintenance staff), the Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Taoufiq, (…)

• Court Overturns Mohammedia Mayor Election, PJD and RNI Set for Political Showdown
  18 December 2020, by Jérôme

  The Court of Cassation has just canceled the election of Imane Sabir from the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) as president of the urban commune of Mohammedia. Her party is by no means defeated, and intends to face the RNI who rather sees its hour come to recover the seat that had been "stolen" from it.
  With the municipal elections scheduled for 2021, all attention is now focused on the control of the town hall for the remaining months of this term. This is the open door to a (…)

• Morocco’s Political Parties Gear Up for Election Season with Key Transfers
  7 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  As the electoral deadlines are fast approaching, it is the vigil of arms within the political parties. The market for political transhumance will be very lively. The RNI of Aziz Akhannouch seems better equipped to take full advantage of this "winter transfer window of political parties".
  The advent of the legislative, regional and municipal elections is accelerating the repositioning within the political formations. Commonly referred to as the "winter transfer window of political (…)

• PAM Sweeps Imintanout By-Election, Ousting PJD from City Council
  10 January 2021, by Sylvanus

  The city of Imintanout has swung in favor of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), which has soundly beaten the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) and the other parties that participated in the by-elections. The Islamist party thus definitively loses the municipality.
  The PAM emerged victorious from the partial elections of the municipality of Imintanout which were held last Thursday. According to the results, the party won 13 seats out of the 15 at stake, the FFD and the (…)

• Netanyahu Pushes for Moroccan King’s Visit to Israel Ahead of Elections
  27 January 2021, by Sylvanus

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants King Mohammed VI’s visit to Israel to take place before the next elections. A political strategy that should allow him to capture the vote of Jews of Moroccan origin.
  The office of the Israeli Prime Minister and the National Security Council are exchanging with Moroccan officials on the organization of King Mohammed VI’s visit to Israel, as soon as the lockdown measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted, report Israeli media. The sovereign (…)

• Survey Reveals Low Political Engagement Among Moroccan Voters
  5 February 2021, by Ginette

  On the sidelines of this year’s elections in Morocco, the Institute of Social and Media Studies (IESM) conducted a survey to find out Moroccans’ views on the political class. The results of this survey, carried out on a sample of 875 women and men aged 18 and over, show that they are only very slightly interested in politics.
  The survey recorded fewer women (15.2%) than men (84%). The majority of women say they are not interested in political affairs. Many of them refused the survey form. (…)