In Casablanca, a Moroccan expatriate (MRE) was scammed by an individual who ran in the recent legislative, municipal and regional elections under the banner of a major political party. An election poster allowed the police to identify and arrest him following a complaint for breach of trust and fraud filed with the justice system.
The new Moroccan parliament will be composed mainly of people over 55 years of age. 5.32% of them did not go beyond the primary cycle and more than a quarter attended high school.
Transparency Maroc denounced the illegal use of money throughout the electoral process leading up to the September 8 vote. The organization calls on the authorities to respect the texts in order not to tarnish the image of democracy in the kingdom.
In addition to the causes mentioned so far, the rout of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) in the September 8 elections is also explained by the fact that the Salafists severely sanctioned the party’s candidates at the polls.
The appeals of the PJD against the RNI after the elections did not succeed. The court confirmed the results proclaimed by the Ministry of the Interior, thus dismissing the PJD candidate, Abderrazak Jebbour.
The Rally of Independents (RNI) continues its takeover of the largest cities in Morocco. On Friday, it was Asmaa Rhlalou who was elected mayor of Rabat , after several negotiations, a postponement of the voting session and tough negotiations. She thus becomes the first woman to hold this position in the capital.
Without any great surprise and without any difficulty, Aziz Akhannouch was elected mayor of Agadir . As the sole candidate, the recently appointed head of government by King Mohammed VI, he was unanimously elected, garnering the 51 votes of the Municipal Council.
The election of the mayor of Rabat, which was supposed to take place on Monday, September 20, was simply postponed. At the origin of this postponement, accusations of all kinds of threats.
The Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) continues its political breakthrough initiated since the elections of September 8 last. Tipped to hold the position of mayor, Nabila Rmili was elected this Monday, September 20, mayor of Casablanca. A historic election, as it is the first time that a woman has been elected head of the economic capital.
Meeting in a national council last Saturday, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) reviewed the results of the latest general elections. The Islamists denounce "the violations and malfunctions observed" during the September 8 polls.
A few days after its defeat in the legislative elections, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) met on Saturday, September 18, in a national council. On this occasion, the Islamists set up a preparatory committee for the extraordinary congress and discussed the return of the former secretary general, Abdelilah Benkirane at the head of the party.
The outgoing head of government, Saâdeddine El Othmani , is about to leave the Prime Minister’s Office where Aziz Akhannouch, appointed head of the executive by King Mohammed VI after the resounding victory of his party, the Rally of Independents (RNI), in the last legislative elections, will work and reside.