Morocco
Moroccans will be going to the polls on March 18, 2021 to either affirm or deny a consecutive second term for the Justice and Development Party (PJD) under the leadership of Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani. The prime minister’s reign has been marked by the difficulties of post-Arab Spring North Africa with democratic reforms severely tested via social media and by a young population.
A largely conservative Islamic country, Morocco has been struggling to come to terms with the kind of future required to oblige the respect of the international community.
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The election will also afford Moroccans the opportunity to say with their votes what they hold of Morocco’s new amity with Israel, a situation brokered by the United States. Morocco is the sixth member of the Arab League to institute diplomatic relations with Israel in recent times.
