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THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE

Cordially Invites You to

Aspiring for True Democracy:
The Role of Women and Youth
in the Arab Spring

with
Dr. Azza Kamel
Egypt

In less than three weeks, Congolese voters are scheduled to go to the polls to vote in the nation’s second democratic elections. With more than 63,000 voter stations, 18,000 candidates and 32 million voters, the election will be a complicated exercise. The electoral period has been contentious. National and international organizations have expressed concerns about increasingly acrimonious political climate, and called all parties to respect the process and reject violence.

On Nov. 25, more than 14 million Moroccans went to the polls to elect the first Parliament under the new Constitution ratified on July 1. The Justice and Development Party (PJD), the moderate Islamic party, will have the largest presence in the new Parliament with 107 of the 395 seats. His Majesty King Mohammed VI, has formally asked the PJD to form the new governing coalition, a process that is now underway. Over the past two decades, Morocco has demonstrated its commitment to democratic reforms.