DMorocco’s ruling party PJD lost a disastrous defeat in the parliamentary elections. Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit announced on Thursday morning that the moderate Islamic Law and Justice Party, which has been in power since 2011, is expected to reduce from 125 seats to 12 MPs. Therefore, the performance of the three parties is better than PJD.
According to this preliminary election result, the two Liberal parties, the Independent National Assembly (RNI) and the Honest and Modern Party (PAM), are vying for victory.The most powerful parliamentary group in Morocco is the head of government, the king Mohammed VI. appointed. According to reports, the center-right Istiqlal party finally stood in front of the PJD.
Allegations of election fraud
The turnout rate was slightly higher than 50%, which was significantly higher than the last vote five years ago. At that time, only 43% of those eligible to vote voted. One reason for greater interest may be that regional and local elections were held simultaneously for the first time.
PJD has previously filed allegations of election fraud. “We are very worried,” she said on Wednesday. “We found some irregularities.” The party reported the “cash distribution” near polling stations and the “chaos” of some voter rolls, some of which were not included in the list.
