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Direct Democracy Provisions (National Level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy Procedures at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Articles 2, 132, 172, 174: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Mandatory referendums (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Mandatory Referendums at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Article 174: The bills and proposals of revision of the Constitution are submitted by Dahir to referendum. The revision of the Constitution is definitive after having been adopted by way [vole] of referendum...
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Article 174: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Optional referendums (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Optional Referendums at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Article 172(b): The King can submit directly to referendum the bill of revision of which He takes the initiative.
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Article 172: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Citizens' Initiatives (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Citizen’s Initiatives at national level?
Answer: b. No
Comments:
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Agenda Initiatives (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Agenda Initiatives at national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: The new constitution has enabled the possibility of agenda initiatives, but the specific law that describes the procedures has not been enacted yet. Article 14: The citizens [feminine] and citizens [masculine] have [disposent], within the conditions and following the modalities established by an organic law, the right to present motions in legislative matters.
Source: International IDEA Direct Democracy Database: https://www.idea.int/node/226186; Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Article 14: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Recalls at national level?
Answer: b. No
Comments:
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Question:Are the results of referenda always binding, never binding or sometimes binding?
Answer: a. Always binding
Comments: Article 174(b): The revision of the Constitution is definitive after having been adopted by way [vole] of referendum.
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Article 174: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Question:Are the types of issues to vote upon in a referendum constitutional changes only, other issues only or both constitutional and other issues?
Answer: a. Constitutional changes only
Comments:
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Articles 172,174: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy at sub-national levels (regional or local)?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Article 139(b): The citizens [feminine] and the citizens [masculine] and the associations can exercise the right of petition with a view of demanding the inclusion [inscription] in the agenda of the Council, a question relevant to its competence.
Source: Morocco's Constitution of 2011, Article 139: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Morocco_2011.pdf
Verified: 2022/08/02
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