Morocco sets date for 2009 local elections
Oct 12, 2008

Morocco's King Mohammed VI announced Friday (October 10th) that communal elections will be held on June 12th, 2009, APA reported. More than 16 million voters will choose some 24,000 counsellors. Candidates representing 30 political parties will run in the elections.

Following a call by female deputies last week that one-third of the seats be reserved for them in the next elections, Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi said the government is considering ways to improve female representation,