Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions

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Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions
الاتحاد الدستوري
Front pour la défense des institutions constitutionnelles
LeaderAhmed Bahnini
FounderAhmed Reda Guedira
FoundedMarch 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
Dissolved1970 (1970)
Merged intoPopular Movement
HeadquartersRabat
IdeologyRoyalism
Liberalism
Political positionCentre

The Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions (Arabic: جبهة الدفاع عن المؤسسات الدستورية, French: Front pour la défense des institutions constitutionnelles, or simply FDIC) was a Moroccan political party founded in 1963 by Ahmed Reda Guedira, friend and advisor of King Hassan II.

History

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The FDIC was created some months after the declaration of the Constitution of Morocco. A strong royalist, Ahmed Reda Guedira founded the FDIC for hinder the hegemony of the two strong parties: the conservative Istiqlal Party and the socialist National Union of Popular Forces.

The FDIC won the 1963 elections, and his candidate Ahmed Bahnini became Prime Minister in a FDIC-Istiqlal alliance, that ruled the Morocco for two years, and was succeeded, ironically for a royalist party, by the King Hassan II's govern. Only in 1967, the party established another government under Mohamed Benhima, that collapsed in 1969.

However, as a centrist party with a weak structuration, the FDIC was dissolved around 1970, merged in the Popular Movement.

Electoral results

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Moroccan Parliament

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House of Representatives
Election year # of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
+/– Leader
1963 1,159,932 (#1) 34.8
69 / 144

References

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