Islamists dominate in Morocco’s local elections, but king still calls the shots

Islamists dominate in Morocco’s local elections, but king still calls the shots

Special to WorldTribune.com Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) dominated elections in the country’s largest cities on Sept. 4, expanding its power four years after running on a platform of major fiscal reform. The PJD came to power in 2011 in the wake of “Arab Spring” protests which forced King Mohammed VI to devolve […]