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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 […]
Leader of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party (PJD) Abdelilah Benkirane, entrusted by the king to name a new cabinet following his party’s win the October 7 elections, has suggested that he will present his line-up to the monarch upon his return from his current African tour. Speaking to the youth league of his party over […]
Leftist MP Habib El Malki of the USFP party was elected Monday Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament amid fears that such a decision may further complicate the stalling formation of a coalition government by Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the Islamist PJD party. Benkirane was appointed Head of Government by King Mohammed VI […]
Stalemate is the word that describes the best the sterile negotiations over government formation in Morocco. Three months after the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) won Morocco’s legislative elections with a narrow margin against its arch rival liberal Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Morocco remains without a government. Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the […]
Almost three months after the legislative elections of October 7, Morocco remains without a government. Secretary General of the Party for Justice and development and outgoing Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane, was designated by King Mohammed VI to form a cabinet, as stipulated by the 2011 Constitution. Benkirane has led consultations with several political parties […]
Aziz Akhannouch was elected new secretary General of the National Rally for Independents succeeding Salah Eddine Mezouar who presented his resignation following the October 7 legislative elections. Akhannouch, who served as Agriculture and Fisheries Minister in the outgoing government, won the election by 1,707 votes against 98 votes for his rival Rachid Sassi during a […]
Following the October 7 general elections, women’s percentage at the House of Representatives slightly rose to account for 21% of seats compared to 17% in the 2011 elections. The number of seats occupied by women in the Moroccan parliament stands at 81 out the 395 total seats, of whom 71 made it to the House […]
Morocco’s parliamentary elections unfolded with the incumbent moderate Islamist party, Justice and Development (PJD) coming first followed by liberal Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) in a tight electoral race that makes government coalition formation an uphill battle for the PJD. A coalition between the PJD with 125 seats followed by the PAM with 102 seats […]
Despite frustration with its economic policy and conservative stances, the preliminary count of the votes shows a victory of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) which came first in Morocco’s general elections taking 99 seats followed by its arch rival, the liberal Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) with 80 seats. So far, 303 […]