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Trois questions à Salaheddine Mezouar, président du RNI

Oct 06 2016
Morocco
Source: 
HuffPost Maroc

ÉLECTIONS - Présent à Guelmim pour accompagner la campagne électorale de Mbarka Bouaida, sa ministre déléguée aux Affaires étrangères, qui se porte candidate en tête de la liste locale du Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) dans la circonscription, Salaheddine Mezouar, président du RNI et ministre des Affaires étrangères, a répondu à nos questions.

Morocco's Islamists test gains in parliamentary election

Oct 06 2016
Morocco
Source: 
Reuters

Chanting slogans and jokes in local Darija dialect, Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane knows how to turn on the populist charm as he campaigns for his Islamist party for an election on Friday they seem set to win.

Five years ago, Benkirane's style helped his Justice and Development Party to a sweeping victory after the king gave up some powers to defuse protests for democratic change.

This time, though, the PJD faces a resurgent royal establishment.

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