The moderate Islamist party PJD, which has led the government for a decade in Morocco, suffered a spectacular rout, in favor of liberal parties considered close to the royal palace, in the legislative elections on Wednesday, reports 20 Minutes. The participation rate reached 50.35%.
The Justice and Development Party collapsed from 125 seats in the outgoing assembly to 12, Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit said. It comes far behind its main rivals, the National Rally of Independents (RNI), the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), both of liberal tendency, and the Istiqlal Party (centre-right), with respectively 97, 82 and 78 (out of 395 MPs). The country’s oldest party, the centre-right Istiqlal (Independence), made a remarkable comeback with a gain of 32 seats.
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