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Elections In Morocco
Elections in Morocco are held on a national level for the legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives of Morocco (''Majlis AL-Nuwab/Assemblée des Répresentants'') has 325 members elected for a five-year term, 295 elected in multi-seat constituencies and 30 in national lists consisting only of women. The Assembly of Councillors (''Majlis al-Mustasharin'') has 120 members, elected for a six-year term, elected by local councils (162 seats), professional chambers (91 seats) and wage-earners (27 seats). Morocco has had a multi-party system since independence in 1955, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Since Morocco considers Western Sahara as part of its territory and administers large parts of it, the elections are also held there. 2006 fraud affair In October 2006, as many as 67 people were arrested for election fraud allegations rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...s for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly Election, elected, although indirect election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly for bicameralism, bicameral legislatures featuring an upper chamber. Terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Movement (Morocco)
The Popular Movement ( ar, الحركة الشعبية; zgh, ⴰⵍⵃⴰⵔⴰⴽⴰ ⴰⵛⵛⴰⵄⴱⵉⵢⴰ; french: Mouvement populaire) is a royalist and traditionalist rural-focused political party in Morocco. It is a member of Liberal International. The party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Constitutional Union, since 1993. History The Popular Movement was founded in 1957 by the Berber tribal chief Mahjoubi Aherdane with help from Abdelkrim al-Khatib who founded later a splinter party (''Mouvement populaire démocratique et constitutionnel'') that became the Justice and Development Party. It was initially a rural party with conservative and tribal orientation, that unconditionally supported the monarchy and aimed at countering nationalist Istiqlal Party. Although the party has been dominated by Berber speakers, it has not developed a distinct Berber agenda. The present part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of Liberty And Social Justice
The Party of Liberty and Social Justice (french: Parti de la Liberté et de la Justice Sociale) is a liberal and nationalist political party in Morocco. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ..., held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats. Liberal parties in Morocco Nationalist parties in Africa Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Independence Party
The Democratic Independence Party (french: Parti Démocratique et de l'Indépendance), also called the Democratic Party for Independence, is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The Democratic Independence Party was established in 1946 by Mohamed Belhassan Wazzani. It was a splinter group from Istiqlal Party The Istiqlal Party ( ar, حزب الإستقلال, translit=Ḥizb Al-Istiqlāl, lit=Independence Party; french: Parti Istiqlal; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ) is a political party in Morocco. It is a conservative and .... The party lost its 2 last seats at the 2007 elections. References 1946 establishments in Morocco Political parties established in 1946 Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity And Democracy Party (Morocco)
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Moroccan Liberal Party
The Liberal Moroccan Party (french: Parti Marocain Libéral) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was established in March 2002 as a splinter from the Constitutional Union Party by the attorney Mohammed Ziane, former delegate Minister for Human Rights in the Abdellatif Filali government, 1994–1998. In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 3 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ..., held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats. References 2002 establishments in Morocco Liberal parties in Morocco Political parties established in 2002 Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of Hope (Morocco)
The Party of Hope (french: Parti de l'Espoir) is a political party in Morocco. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ..., held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats. Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Centre Party
The Social Centre Party (french: Parti du Centre Social) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in 1984. The founder was Laheen Madih. During the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ..., held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats. References 1984 establishments in Morocco Political parties established in 1984 Political parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Of Democratic Forces
The Front of Democratic Forces (french: Front des Forces Démocratiques; ar, جبهة القوى الديمقراطية) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in 1997 as a split from the Party of Progress and Socialism. It has a socialist political leaning. In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 12 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 9 out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... of 2011, the party won only 1 seat out of 395. The party has an Arabic publication, ''Al Mounataf''. References 1997 establishments in Morocco Political parties established in 1997 Political parties in Morocco Sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unified Socialist Party (Morocco)
The Unified Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Unifié, PSU; ar, الحزب الاشتراكي الموحد), previously known as the Party of the Unified Socialist Left (french: Parti de la Gauche Socialiste Unifiée, PGSU; ), is a democratic socialist political party in Morocco. History and profile The Unified Socialist Party is a mixture of various movements that sprung up throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It first started with the spin-off "23 Mars" (a reference to the 23 March 1965 students' uprising), a radical, Maoist student fraction of the largest group in opposition to the Moroccan monarchy, the National Union of Popular Forces. The Party of the Unified Socialist Left was founded by Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder in 2002. The Unified Socialist Party was founded in 2005 as a merger of the Party of the Unified Socialist Left and the “Fidélité à la Démocratie” association. The party boycotted the 2011 parliamentary election. Nabila Mounib is the secretary-genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of The Democratic Left
The Alliance of the Left Federation (, AFG; ; ), formerly the Federation of the Democratic Left (, FGD; ) until 2021, is an alliance created in 2007 of two leftist Moroccan political parties: the Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party The Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party (french: Parti de l'avant-garde démocratique socialiste, PADS; ) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in principle in 1991, after having previously emerged as a factio ... and the National Ittihadi Congress. The Unified Socialist Party was a part of the coalition until 2021. References 2007 establishments in Morocco Anti-imperialist organizations Left-wing political party alliances Political parties established in 2007 Political parties in Morocco Political party alliances in Africa Progressive parties Socialist parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic And Social Movement (Morocco)
The Democratic and Social Movement ( ar, الحركة الديمقراطية والاجتماعية; french: Mouvement Démocratique et Social, MDS) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded on 15 June 1996, by a former police commissioner. It is described as a "royalist shell party". In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 7 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 9 out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... took place in November 2011, the party won 2 out of 325 seats. References 1996 establishments in Morocco Monarchist parties Political parties established in 1996 Political parties in Morocco { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
