Why Abstention in Morocco’s Elections Has Skyrocketed: “Even if We Vote, Nothing Changes”
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11 Articles
The low turnout in the Moroccan legislative elections of 23 September illustrates a disaffection of partisan offer also observed in Algeria and Tunisia. Throughout the Maghreb, the parties are in crisis, victims of a breakdown of projects but also of the strategies of weakening carried out by the regimes in place.
The vote on Wednesday was marked by a high abstention: 62% of registered voters decided not to go to the polls, the highest percentage of the last 20 yearsThe party of the head of the football federation of Morocco wins an election with the highest abstention in two decades Bilal is looking at his mobile phone sitting on a plastic chair on the beach of Trampolín, in Ceuta. He slips his finger on his screen, again and again, until he tires and ke…
Marked by a record abstention and a sharp rebound of the Islamists of the PJD, the legislatures in Morocco see the outgoing coalition retain power, while the WFP comes first without an absolute majority. ...
For Omar Kettani, professor of economics at Mohammed V University, the poll sends a signal that goes far beyond the simple verdict of the ballot box.
The WFP wins 97 seats in the new Parliament in Rabat: analysis of election results, 62% abstentionism, possible coalitions and economic picture. The sunrise of Thursday 24 September has a strange taste. It's cool in Rabat. The lighthouses of the cleaning trucks sweep away the electoral posters bathed by the dew of the night. On the torn papers remain [...]
The results of the legislative elections of 23 September in Morocco are now known: the WFP (Authentic and Modern Party, close to the king) wins, the RNI (National Assembly of Independents) is sanctioned, the PJD (Justice and Development Party, Islamist) is resurrected and the outgoing coalition can remain almost intact provisionally. [...] This article Morocco: a victory... without the people appeared first on Mondafrique.
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