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Morocco New Constitution
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| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 2011 - 12:00pm |
| Polls Open | July 01, 2011 - 08:00am |
| Polls Close | July 01, 2011 - 08:00pm |
| Term Start | July 02, 2011 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | 00, 0000 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | La Fayette |
| Last Modified | La Fayette July 03, 2011 04:00pm |
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| Description | Facing big protest movements during the arab spring, the King of Morocco proposed a new Constitution to his people.
The new Constitution draft proposes that the King can no longer decide who his Prime Minister should be. From now on, the party which wins the parliamentary election will designate the Prime Minister. The possibility to call for anticipated parliamentary elections, which was before the Kings privilege, will now belong to the Prime Minister. The political direction of the country will be debated by the members of the government, without the King.
The new constitution would also lead to the creation of a Constitutional Court. Another changement would be the official recognition of the Amagizh tongue.
The new constitution also says that Islam is the official religion of Morocco, however the state of Morocco guarantees freedom of religion. The watchword of Morocco will be: "God, Fatherland, The King".
The new Constitution of Morocco is also guaranteeing equality between men and women, and more independence of Justice, which was entirely controlled by the King before.
Morocco would remain a monarchy, the King is considered as immune and Islam will stay as the official religion of the country under the new constitution.
Most of Moroccos political parties backed the new constitutional project. The King himself announced that he was supporting the new constitution he proposed. A poll conducted by the Interior Ministry of Morocco showed a probable support of 80% to the new constitution. The opponents of the new constitution, who believed that the King of Morrocco should give up every executive power he has, and wanted a parliamentary monarchy called their supporters to refuse to go to the polls.
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Yes |
No |
| Party | YES |
NO |
| Votes |  9,653,492 (98.50%) |
146,718 (1.50%) |
| Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-9,506,774 (-97.01%) |
| Predict Avg. | 0.00% |
0.00% |
| Finances | $0.00 |
$0.00 |
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