Constitutional Union (Morocco) Political party in Morocco
The Constitutional Union (Arabic : الاتحاد الدستوري ; Standard Moroccan Tamazight : ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵔⵜⵓⵔⵉ , romanized: Tamunt Tamenḍawant ; French : Union constitutionelle ) is a political party in Morocco aligned with the ruling monarchy . The party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Popular Movement , since 1993.
History
The grouping was founded by then Prime Minister Maati Bouabid in 1983[ 9] [ 10] and favoured by King Hassan II . In the 1984 parliamentary election , it won the greatest number of seats, but remained far from an absolute majority. Later it became an ordinary party without a special role in Morocco's multi-party system.[ 11]
The party is a full member of Liberal International , which it joined at the latter's Dakar Congress in 2003.[ 12] Its electoral symbol is a horse.[ 13]
In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 16 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election , held on 7 September 2007, the party won 27 out of 325 seats.[ 14] The party won 23 out of 325 seats in the parliamentary election held in November 2011, being the seventh party in the parliament.[ 14]
Electoral results
Moroccan Parliament
References
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^ Cavatorta, Francesco; Storm, Lise; Resta, Valeria (2020). Routledge Handbook on Political Parties in the Middle East and North Africa . Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 9781000293302 .
^ A.H. Saulniers (2001), "Privatization in Morocco", Privatization: A global perspective , Routledge, p. 222
^ Pennell, C.R. (2000). Morocco Since 1830: A History . NYU Press. p. 362. ISBN 9780814766774 .
^ James N. Sater (2007), Civil Society and Political Change in Morocco , Routledge, p. 86
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^ Bernabé López García (2013), "Morocco: regime and fuse", Political Regimes in the Arab World: Society and the Exercise of Power , Routledge, p. 102
^ Entry on Constitutional Union Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Liberal International.
^ Park, Thomas K.; Boum, Aomar (2006), Historical Dictionary of Morocco , Scarecrow Press, p. 293
^ a b "Morocco" . European Forum . Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014 .
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