The Moroccan elections take place next Wednesday and will be the first time that newly formulated electoral rules apply, including one particularly contentious one. The most recent Moroccan parliament was 21% female, with 81 women politiciansIt was one of several changes forming part of a reform of the constitution that was initiated by the Moroccan monarchy. The Moroccan monarchy “confines, constrains and plays divide-and-control” with the country’s political parties to ensure that it always has the final say, he told DW. “Nobody could ever win the majority of seats in the Moroccan parliament because of the way that districts are drawn,” Daadaoui said. The changes to the electoral coefficient make things even more difficult.”“These elections are not really going to change much in the political trajectory of Morocco,” Daadaoui concluded.
