Belgian polls: five seats for Moroccan-born candidates

Five Moroccan-born candidates will be sitting in the Belgian parliament after the legislative polls of Sunday.

The Moroccan deputies are Said El Khadraoui, Anissa Temsamani, Mohamed Boukourna et Nahima Lanjri, at the House of representatives, and Mimount Bousakla, in the Senate.

The first two run with the Flemish Socialist Party (SPA-SPIRIT). Boukourna represented the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS), and Lanjri the Christian-Democrat Flemish (CD/V).