Energy Headlines Maghreb Morocco

PJD Minister faces media backlash after failing to impose fuel price caps

Islamist PJD governance minister Lahcen Daoudi is subject to fierce criticism after he failed to uphold his promise of imposing caps on prices of fuel. The Minister had promised that profit margins of fuel companies will be controlled by mid-March but kept postponing the measure. Yet, this week the Minister bluntly admitted while speaking to […]

Editorials Headlines Morocco Opinions

Tumultuous Times for Moroccan Government

Head of the government Saad Eddine El Otmani and his cabinet are facing a storm that may cause their ship to wreck if they do not act with decisiveness and diligence. After King Mohammed VI dismissed ministers from the PJD-led cabinet for delays affecting development projects in the country’s north, a new upheaval caused by […]

Headlines Morocco

Participation in Anti-boycott Demonstration Costs a PJD Minister his Portfolio

Minister of General Affairs and Governance, Lahcen Daoudi, was forced to resign after his participation in an anti-boycott demonstration triggered an uproar of discontent within his party, the ruling PJD, which is leading a coalition government. The General Secretariat of the Party for Justice and Development announced Wednesday evening it has accepted the resignation of […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco: King Launches An Educational System Reform

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has vehemently criticized the shortcomings of the educational system in his country blaming the current government, led by the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) for the inadequate policy followed in the sector. In an unusually severe and critical tone, Mohammed VI deplored in a speech he made on Tuesday […]