Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 11/10/1997
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of November 10, 1997
- Heavy participation in Moroccan election
The three Saharan provinces are participating in this election to nominate their representatives to the parliament while they are preparing for the referendum which will be held under the UN auspices in December 1998. Morocco, Politics, 11/15/1997 - Moroccan elections tied Morocco, Politics, 11/15/1997
- Spain arrests cocaine smugglers off Morocco
Members of an international net in the drug smuggling trade and who were involved in the biggest attempt to smuggle 6 tons of cocaine which were found on board a ship Morocco, Local, 11/14/1997 - Violent confrontations between nominees in Moroccan elections
Sources in the opposition Independence Party stated that the Moroccan authorities arrested supporters of the Front Party in the city of Araish north of Morocco as they were distributing leaflets calling on the people to boycott the election. Morocco, Politics, 11/13/1997 - Morocco ready for elections - opposition excited
For the first time in decades, opposition leaders in the Union Party are preparing themselves to move from their opposition seats to the government seats. Morocco, Politics, 11/13/1997 - Islamic party allowed to participate in Moroccan election
For the first time in the history of Moroccan elections, the Islamic voice will be heard in the election due to be held on November 14, as the Constitutional Popular Movement has been allowed to participate in that election. Morocco, Politics, 11/12/1997 - Moroccans use computers in election campaigns for first time
Nominees used statistics to know the areas where they enjoy a majority. They contacted the voters in these areas through the computer devices to learn the voters' views of their election programs. Morocco, Politics, 11/12/1997 - Moroccon-Tunisian Free Trade Zone by 2005
Experts from the two countries are studying ways of expanding the lists attached to the Trade and Customs Agreement which had been signed by the two countries in 1996. Morocco-Tunisia, Economics, 11/11/1997 - French truck drivers' strike affecting Moroccan exports
Moroccan exports of fruit and vegetables are expected to reach 950 million tons in 1997/8, 700 million of which are citron exports. Morocco, Economics, 11/11/1997 - Heated confrontations expected among Moroccan parties
Bu Zwe'a said that the programs of the parties which have formed the government during the past decades are responsible for the crisis faced by Morocco at the present time Morocco, Politics, 11/10/1997