Moroccan MPs form bureau and nine standing committees
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Matin
Moroccan MPs have constituted the bureau of the House of Representatives and appointed the chairs of its nine standing committees, with a single list receiving 293 votes out of 295 ballots cast. The allocation, which brings together the majority and opposition, comes a day after Ahmed Touizi was elected president, Le Matin reports.
Moroccan MPs completed the formation of the House of Representatives’ bureau and its nine standing committees on Wednesday 14 October, after electing the eight vice-presidents, two quaestors, three secretaries and committee chairs. The single list put to a vote received 293 votes out of 295 ballots cast, with two invalid ballots, Le Matin reports.
One hundred MPs did not take part in the vote. The allocation of responsibilities comes a day after the election of Ahmed Touizi, a member of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), as president of the House of Representatives. The PAM needs to secure 198 MPs to form a majority in Morocco, according to an earlier tally linked to parliamentary negotiations.
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