360 million dirhams, this is the total amount granted by the State to political parties, as well as to trade union centers for the financing of election campaigns. The decision, which has just been made public in the Official Bulletin, provides details for each election scheduled for next September and October, where Morocco must renew all elected bodies.
45% of young Moroccans do not trust political parties. This is what a survey has just confirmed, stating that they are very numerous not to belong to any of the 34 parties participating in the elections that will take place in the very near future.
A few months before the elections, elected officials are desperately trying to gain the trust of the inhabitants of the province of Berrechid through dishonest means. They deprive some inhabitants of electricity, while diverting it for the benefit of others. An investigation into a massive "theft" of electricity is underway.
The tension does not subside between Morocco and Spain following the reception of Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario Front. The latest reaction is that of the president of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), Aziz Akhannouch, who indicated in an interview that Morocco, intrigued by the attitude of Madrid, needs a clear position in order to restore trust in relations with this country.
Alongside the various diplomatic statements, the Istiqlal party has strongly criticized the decision of Spain to host the leader of the separatists, Brahim Ghali, with the Spanish Popular Party. In a letter addressed to Pablo Casado, the Moroccan political formation has lambasted this stance of the Spanish authorities which it considers "hostile and unfriendly" towards Morocco.
Political transhumance resists reforms and manifests itself on the eve of elections. The PJD party is currently shaken by the phenomenon with defections of activists in disregard of group discipline.
The request expressed by Moroccan political parties to lift the ban on the use of certain national symbols in the election campaign has just been met. The House of Representatives has just adopted by a majority the draft law on general electoral lists, referendum operations and the use of public audiovisual media during election and referendum campaigns.
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 annual report of the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA) revealed that Moroccans place a certain degree of trust in the Royal Armed Forces and the police. These are the results of its "Index of Trust in Institutions in 2020".
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.
A few months before the elections, the "mounassafa daba" (parity now) coalition is active in strengthening the presence of women in Morocco’s elected bodies. The organization calls for the establishment of a framework law on equality and parity as well as the harmonization of various regulations with this principle.
The anticipated succession of Saad-Eddine El Othamni at the head of the PJD is open. Rebbah and Amara would be neck and neck within the different clans already campaigning to succeed the one who was elected on December 10, 2017 for a 5-year term.