Election date set: September 7
Moroccans are going to the polls on September 7, a government minister has told state television.
The statement by the minister of the Interior came after a cabinet meeting on Thursday.
The government had wanted an early election on July 6, but ran into opposition from parliament.
The current parliamentary session does not end until October. Several members of the Chamber of Representatives had questioned the constitutionality of having an election for a new parliament months before the current one ends its work.
The July election could have meant that two groups of elected representatives would have co-existed for over three months. Some parliamentarians argued that this could have led to confusion and disputes over the “old” chamber’s legitimacy.
Some had accused the government of trying to rush through the elections to prevent the islamist party PJD from gaining even more support until September. Unofficial polls suggest that the PJD, the Party for Justice and Development, could already take as much as 50 percent of the vote.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:37 am
going to the pols to do what?! elect members of parliamet to do what ?!
lets be honest here they dont do us any benefit those bastards they dont even have powers!! parliamanet in morocco is just a big farce o make us look bit democratic but the real power dosnt lie in their hands.
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 am
And you hope to remidy that by sitting home and complaining about the governement not doing anything, corrupted prlaments that you chosed by refusing elections and the powers in HIS hands???