First Independent Mena Newspaper
King Mohammed VI chaired a ceremony at the Royal palace in Fez this Thursday during which a new government of 24 jobs was announced following general elections last September 8. The King had tasked Head of the Government Aziz Akhannouch with forming a new cabinet after his RNI party won 102 of the parliament’s 395 […]
Head of the RNI party Aziz Akhannouch said his party, the PAM and the Istiqlal agreed to join efforts to form the new government after they emerged as the largest three winners of Sept. 8 elections. The RNI won parliamentary elections with 102 seats followed by PAM with 87 seats and the Istiqlal with 81 […]
The three biggest winners of Morocco’s general and local elections said they forged an alliance in local and regional councils in a move that could draw the contours of the next government alliance. Talks have started this week after King Mohammed VI appointed head of the RNI Aziz Akhannouch as Head of the government and […]
The Authenticity and Modernity party (PAM), the largest opposition group in parliament, elected Hakim Benchamach new secretary general, succeeding Ilyas El Omari. Benchamach was elected by the party’s national council with 439 votes while his two rivals, Mohamed Soulouh and Hadi El Hiba, received 39 and 35 votes respectively. Benchamach, who serves as Speaker of […]
The Political Bureau of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has dispelled speculations about its intention to submit a draft bill to forfeit nationality from Jews of Moroccan origin living in Israeli settlements. The Party’s Spokesperson confirmed that the legal measure against the Moroccan Jews in Israeli settlements was not on the agenda. And during […]
Leaders of the Moroccan Jewish community downplayed the attempts at submitting a draft bill to the Parliament providing for the withdrawal of Moroccan nationality from Jews of Moroccan origin residing in Israeli Settlements. The draft law was suggested by opposition Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), whose head, Ilyas Omari, promised Hamas leader to forfeit Moroccan […]
Ilyas El Omari, Secretary General of Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), the main opposition party in parliament, presented his resignation on the backdrop of protests in northern Morocco and ten days only after a critical speech by the King lambasting political parties and public officials for falling short to fulfil their duties in serving […]
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 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. […]
King Mohammed VI appointed Saad Eddine El Othmani, President of the national council of the Party for Justice and Development, Head of Government in place of Abdelilah Benkirane who failed to form a coalition government after five months of negotiations. The King received Saad Eddine El Othmani, former Foreign Minister, at the Royal Palace in […]