Morocco disbursed MAD 65.84 million in public funding to 17 of the country’s 33 political parties in 2024, representing 46% of the MAD 142 million allocated for party financing, according to a new report by the Court of Auditors reviewing political parties’ finances for the year.
The amount represented a 9% increase from 2023, when parties received MAD 60.48 million in public funding.
The funding is intended to help political parties cover operating expenses, organize their regular national congresses, and finance missions, studies and research, in accordance with Article 33 of Organic Law No. 29.11 on political parties.
However, no public funding was disbursed for missions, studies or research in 2024, as the regulatory framework governing this type of support was still being revised following observations made by the Court of Auditors in its 2022 report.
The Court also found that 16 parties received no public funding because they failed to meet one or more of the legal eligibility requirements.
They included the Popular Movement, the Social Democratic Movement, the Unified Socialist Party, the Moroccan Green Party, the Unity and Democracy Party, the Equity Party, the Renaissance and Virtue Party, the Renaissance Party, the Reform and Development Party, the Democratic Society Party, the Moroccan Union for Democracy, the National Democratic Party, the Democratic Covenant Party, the Democratic Way Labor Party, the Citizens’ Forces Party and the National Union of Popular Forces.
Public funding accounts for nearly half of party resources
Public funding represented nearly 50% of the total resources declared by political parties in 2024, down from 58% in 2023 and 53% in 2022, according to the report.
It accounted for all declared resources of six parties: the Democratic Forces Front, the Moroccan Liberal Party, the Al Amal Party, the Shura and Independence Party, the Freedom and Social Justice Party, and the Environment and Sustainable Development Party.
For another six parties, public funding represented between 75% and 99% of declared resources. They were the Party of New Democrats, the Constitutional Union, the Labor Party, the Democratic Left Federation, the Social Center Party and the Socialist Union of Popular Forces.
In five other parties, public funding accounted for less than 75% of declared resources. These were the Party of Progress and Socialism, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, the Justice and Development Party, the Istiqlal Party and the National Rally of Independents.
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