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King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Abdelilah Benkirane on the occasion of his election as secretary general of the Justice and Development Party (PJD). In this message, King Mohammed VI expresses his congratulations to Abdelilah Benkirane for the confidence placed in him by the party’s extraordinary national congress and which illustrates the […]
Abdelilah Benkirane, a former head of the Moroccan Government and former leader of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), is back to the leadership of the party. Benkirane was elected Secretary General of the PJD, during an extraordinary congress of the party held Saturday, in the presence of members of the National Council and […]
The PJD Islamist party, which took most votes in the latest general elections, is more divided than ever after its former Secretary General froze his membership in the party and declared a boycott of the current party’s leadership after the government approved a cannabis legalization draft bill. The PJD’s predication branch (MUR) also expressed reservations […]
The National Council of the ruling Party for Justice and Development rejected, by a majority of votes, the proposal to amend Articles 16 and 37 of the party statutes. A stinging defeat for the outgoing Secretary General, Abdelilah Benkirane, and those who have all bet on him, as he cannot therefore enter the race for […]
The new government led by the PJD’s Saad Eddine El Othmani won a vote of confidence in the Moroccan Parliament ending a six-month long post-electoral deadlock that left the country without a government. Moroccan MPs approved the new governmental coalition by 208 votes in favor and 91 votes against, while forty deputies abstained. Speaking to […]
The newly formed Moroccan government has unveiled its 2017-2021 plan as a continuation of the “reforms” launched by the previous government notably in terms of boosting advanced regionalization, promoting employment and social cohesion and consolidating Morocco’s international influence as well as safeguarding the country’s democratic choice. In his first address as head of government before […]
The list of ministers of the new cabinet led by the PJD’s Saad Eddine EL Othmani has been greenlighted by King Mohammed VI at the Royal Place in Rabat on Wednesday, ending a post-electoral deadlock that left Morocco without a government for six months. EL Othmani was appointed head of Government on March 17, in […]
After unveiling the parties participating in the new government, a source close to the Head of Government designate Saad Eddine El Othmani told local media that the new cabinet would include 30 ministers. El Othmani managed to end the deadlock left by his predecessor Abdelilah Benkirane whose negotiations to form a new government stalled in […]
Saad Eddine El Othmani, Head of the Government designate and president of the National Council of the Islamist PJD party announced the composition of the new government coalition after an impasse that left Morocco without a cabinet for more than five months. The announcement was made by El Othmani at a press conference Saturday. The […]
Saad Dine El Othmani of the moderate Islamist PJD party, who was appointed by the King Head of the Government Friday, seems to have broken away with the methods and the tense rhetoric adopted by his predecessor Abdelilah Benkirane whose consultations to form a new cabinet ended with a political deadlock unprecedented in Morocco’s history. […]