Elections in Morocco 3
Posted by Yassine on September 9, 2007
I don’t get why elections are always held on Fridays in Morocco….
Anyway, the thing for me is that at the end I decided to vote and got the purple ink spot on my thumb for the rest of the day. I was encouraged by an interview with Bassir on 2m voting for the first time in his life as well.
What I can see is that though the Moroccan government for the first time have put a big budget on advertising, turnout was bellow expectations as can be seen from the news. May be the cause of this is that there was “no real debates by either the government or the opposition”, and the parties’ platforms were “global and ambiguous” as Mohammed Tozy has suggested.
Election results surprised a lot of analysts as the PJD came second after Listiqlal.
In the BBC’s Have Your Say a hot discussion was carried on by Moroccan citizens about the elections. I couldn’t take part personally but got a catch-up on their site.
The next question to be asked now is who’s going to be Morocco’s prime minister? knowing that Mr. Jettou has denied the position. I myself don’t know… so let’s wait and see.
In the mean time one can learn a lot from ibn Kafka’s article on Morocco’s elections: Money, personalisation of politics and public disaffection.
Enjoy the read…
To be continued…
Global Voices Online » Morocco: Low Voter Turnout said
[...] Yassine shared the sentiment: What I can see is that though the Moroccan government for the first time have put a big budget on advertising, turnout was bellow expectations as can be seen from the news. May be the cause of this is that there was “no real debates by either the government or the opposition”, and the parties’ platforms were “global and ambiguous” as Mohammed Tozy has suggested. [...]
cocktail fan said
Election always dirt