2011 Moroccan constitutional referendum

2011 Moroccan constitutional referendum

1 July 2011 (2011-07-01)
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Choice Votes % Yes 9,653,492 98.50% No 146,718 1.50% Valid votes 9,800,210 99.17% Invalid or blank votes 81,712 0.83% Total votes 9,881,922 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 13,451,404 73.46%

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A referendum on constitutional reforms was held in Morocco on 1 July 2011, called by the king in response to a series of protests across Morocco that began on 20 February 2011 when over ten thousand Moroccans participated in demonstrations demanding democratic reforms. A commission was to draft proposals by June 2011.^[1] A draft released on 17 June foresaw the following changes:^[2][3][4]

• requiring the King to name a Prime Minister, renamed Head of government, from the largest party in Parliament;
• handing a number of rights from the monarch to the PM, including dissolution of parliament;
• allowing parliament to grant amnesty, previously a privilege of the monarch;
• making Berber an official language alongside Arabic

The changes were reportedly approved by 98.49% of voters. Despite protest movements calling for a boycott of the referendum, government officials claimed turnout was 72.65%.^[5][6]

Following the referendum, early parliamentary elections were held on 25 November 2011.