w of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber
of Supreme Court

Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal

Executive branch: King MOHAMED VI (since 23 July 1999) head of
government: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch elections:
none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch
following legislative elections

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or
Chamber of Counselors (270 seats; members elected indirectly by local
councils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates for nine-year
terms; one-third of the members are renewed every three years) and a lower
house or Chamber of Representatives (325 seats; members elected by popular
vote for five-year terms) elections: Chamber of Counselors - last held 15
September 2000 (next to be held NA 2002); Chamber of Representatives -
last held 14 November 1997 (next to be held NA November 2002) election
results: Chamber of Counselors - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - NA; Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party -
NA%; seats by party - USFP 57, UC 50, RNI 46, MP 40, MDS 32, IP 32,
MNP 19, PND 10, MPCD 9, PPS 9, FFD 9, PSD 5, OADP 4, PA 2, PDI 1

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the
recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over
by the monarch)

Political parties and leaders: Action Party or PA [Muhammad EL IDRISSI];
Avant Garde Social Democratic Party or PADS [Abderrahman BENAMROU];
Citizen's Forces [Abderrahman LAJOUJI]; Constitutional Union or CU
[Mohamed ABIED (interim)]; Democratic Forces Front or FFD [Thami EL
KHYARI]; Democratic Socialist Party or PSD [Eissa OUARDIGHI]; Democratic
Party for Independence or PDI [Abd al Wahid AL MAASH]; Democratic Union
or UD [Bouazza IKKEN]; Istiqlal Party or IP [Abbas El FASSI]; Moroccan
Liberal Party [Mohamed ZIANE]; National Democratic Party or PND [Abdallah
KADIRI]; National Popular Movement or MNP [Mahjoubi AHERDANE]; National
Rally of Independents or RNI [Ahmed OSMAN]; Organization of Democratic
and Popular Action or OADP [Mohamed Ben Said AIT IDDER]; Party of Justice
and Development or PJD (note - formerly the Popular Constitutional and
Democratic Movement or MPCD) [Dr. Abdelkarim KHATIB]; Party of the
National Unionist Congress [Abdelmajid BOUZOUBAA]; Party of Progress
and Socialism or PPS [Ismail ALAOUI]; Party of Reform and Development
[Abderrahman EL KOUHEN]; Popular Movement or