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The 2011 Moroccan general election witnessed the Islamist party, the Justice and Development Party (PJD), winning the largest number of seats, making up 22.78% of the parliament. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It remained the largest party after the 2016 general election , winning 125 of the 395 seats in the House of Representatives , a gain of 18 seats from 2011.
The House of Representatives (Arabic: مَجْلِسُ النُّوَّابِ [maʒ.li.su‿n.nu.wːaːb], Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵇⵇⵉⵎ ⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰ, romanized: Asqqim n imura) is one of the two chambers—the other of which is the House of Councillors—of the Moroccan Parliament.
The Moroccan Constitution provides for a monarchy with a Parliament and an independent judiciary. On June 17, 2011, King Mohammed VI announced a series of reforms that would transform Morocco into a constitutional monarchy. [1] [2] The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Morocco a "hybrid regime" in 2022. [3] [needs update]
Morocco is a unitary semi-constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The executive branch is led by the King of Morocco and the prime minister, while legislative power is vested in the two chambers of parliament: the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.
A decade after Arab Spring protests led King Mohammed VI to give more powers to the elected parliament and the government it helps form, he has brought most major decisions back within the palace ...
The House of Councillors (Arabic: مجلس المستشارين [maʒlis al-mustaʃaːriːn]) is the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco and has 120 members, elected for a six-year term. 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, who represent the subnational administrative areas (collectivitiés territoriales); 20 members are elected in each region by a single electoral ...
The President of the House of Representatives of Morocco is the presiding officer of that body. From the creation of the House of Councillors in 1997, the House of Representatives is the lower house of the Parliament of Morocco.
The Constitution of Morocco is the supreme law of the Kingdom of Morocco. [1] The constitution defines Morocco as a constitutional monarchy and lays out the fundamental rights of Moroccan citizens, it also defines the basis and structures of government , the council of ministers, and the parliament .