Street Clashes... Security Crackdown and Arrests Targeting an Election Boycott Campaign Led by an Opposition Party!

The field campaign launched by the Democratic Workers’ Way Party to call for a boycott of the elections was marked by security interventions and clashes in several Moroccan cities, including Rabat, Khenifra, Fez, and Casablanca, according to a report by the party’s youth wing and documented videos. Incidents ranged from preventing the distribution of leaflets and the removal of campaign materials to reports of physical assaults and temporary arrests of activists—who were later released—as well as the encirclement of participants and the checking of their identification. These developments come against the backdrop of the radical Marxist-Leninist party’s stance that elections do not lead to change, in contrast to the authorities’ determination to maintain public order and ensure the smooth conduct of the electoral process.