HIBAPRESS – Rabat
The majority groups in the House of Representatives have presented a series of amendments to the organic law related to the House of Representatives, in the context of a broad political debate about the conditions for benefiting from public support allocated to election campaigns for the non-affiliated youth category.
These amendments came to tighten the criteria for obtaining public funding, especially for non-partisan candidates, with the aim of ensuring a minimum of representation and seriousness in the electoral competition, according to what the parliamentary majority confirms. According to the proposed amendments, the majority groups stipulated that the nomination lists submitted by candidates without party affiliation should benefit from public financial support equivalent to seventy-five percent of the election expenses only if they can obtain a percentage of not less than five percent of the total votes of the voters registered in the concerned electoral district. This condition comes to put an end to what the majority considers an ineffective use of public money in funding campaigns that do not have a sufficient electoral base, considering that support should be directed to the lists that show a tangible ability to compete.
