Moroccan monarch fixes a date for the legislative elections

On the 44th anniversary of "The King and the People Revolution" King Hassan II declared that the date of the legislative elections is the last Friday of November, and that the government will form in mid January. The Moroccan monarch criticized bribing the voters in the last elections, the practice "is shameful," he said.

Last week King Hassan relieved several ministers to let them prepare for the elections. The November date comes after earlier reports that the elections would be held in mid-October.