CIAO DATE: 09/2008
September 2007
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
On September 7, Morocco will hold its first parliamentary election since 2002. That election ended with the Justice and Development Party (PJD), an Islamist faction, just eight seats short of becoming the largest party in parliament. Despite several years of significant political and social reform -- or perhaps because of those reforms -- the PJD has a chance of emerging even stronger after this week's vote.
Resource link: PolicyWatch #1282: The Moroccan Parliamentary Election: More Gains for Islamists? [PDF] - 12K