Moroccan Centrist Party Agrees to Form Coalition Government with Three Other Parties
The coalition said its 207 seats give it a majority as the new government prepares a cabinet and faces pressure over jobs and services.
- On Monday, the Authenticity and Modernity Party announced it will form a coalition government with three other parties, including the nationalist Istiqlal. The four parties hold 207 seats in parliament, surpassing the 198 required for a majority.
- Following the September 23 vote, King Mohammed appointed Fatima Ezzahra Mansouri as head of government on September 29 in Rabat, tasking her with forming a cabinet after PAM finished first.
- Describing their shared vision, the parties said the deal "produces a strong political government, made up of components marked by ideological and political proximity, united in, and committed to, a shared reformist vision." PAM positions itself as a counterweight to the Islamist Justice and Development Party.
- This new government will oversee the final stages of a $20-billion push preparing for the 2030 World Cup. Morocco co-hosts the event alongside Portugal and Spain, requiring significant infrastructure development.
- Officials face pressure to address youth grievances regarding jobs, education, and health services, which fueled last year's protests and the July Ceuta migration crisis. King Mohammed retains sweeping powers over foreign policy and defense.
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Morocco's PAM party forms governing coalition with three other parties
Moroccan Prime Minister Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, announced on Monday the formation of a coalition with the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the Party of Progress and Socialism.
Four Moroccan parties said that they had formed a "political majority that would produce a strong government majority," stating that they were intellectually close, united in a reformist vision, and indicating that this had been done after consultations with the head of government in charge of Fatima Mansuri.
The Moroccan Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), which won the most seats in the North African country's elections last month, will form a coalition with three other parties. The party of Morocco's first female Prime Minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, will form a government together with the conservative-nationalist Istiqlal Party and the moderate socialist parties USFP and PPS.
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