The move by members of Abdelilah Benkirane's AttajdidwalIslah (Renewal and Reform) movement into the MPDC last year has revived the small inactive party still formally led by Abdelkrim Khatib which was rewarded with nine seats from 142 candidates...
Vol 38 No 14 |
- NORTH AFRICA
There were Islamists among the independents although attempts by the 'moderate Islamist' Adellilah Benkirane to use the moribund but legal Mouvement Populaire Démocratique et Constitutionnel as a platform for his candidates came to nothing...
Abdelillah Benkirane's Al Islah wat Tajdid (Reform and Renewal) party seeking a stake in the system has joined the moribund but legal Mouvement Populaire Démocratique et Constitutionnel...
Unprecedentedly Abdellilah Benkirane best known of Morocco's tolerated 'moderate' Islamists has moved into the mainstream...
