Morocco’s Election Campaign Becomes a Bidding War of Billion-Dollar Promises
MOROCCO · ELECTIONS Key Facts —The latest offer The Left Alliance, a coalition of two small socialist parties, launched a 431-measure election programme in Casablanca on Tuesday costed at MAD 500 billion (about US$53 billion) over five years. —The rivals’ price tags The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has costed its platform at MAD 350 […] The post Morocco’s Election Campaign Becomes a…
Two weeks before Moroccans cast their votes, the nation's election campaign has transformed into a bidding war, with parties presenting elaborate, costed election programmes. The Left Alliance, a coalition of left-leaning parties, unveiled a five-year roadmap worth MAD 500 billion (approximately US$53 billion), including measures like a unified minimum wage and a birth bonus.
The Authenticity and Modernity Party, the largest opposition bloc, promises at least one million jobs by 2031 and has costed its platform at MAD 350 billion (about US$37 billion). The Party of Progress and Socialism claims it would need MAD 575 billion (about US$61 billion) in additional spending over five years, which it claims would be covered by new revenue.
The governing parties, led by Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's National Rally of Independents, have so far focused on their record, with the outcome of the 23 September election determining the government for the next five years.
Written by urgent.news from The Rio Times's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
