The four-party alliance holds 207 parliamentary seats and has pledged a \u201cstrong\u201d government committed to a shared reform agenda<\/p>\n
Morocco\u2019s election-winning Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has agreed to form a government with three other parties, securing a parliamentary majority for the country\u2019s first female prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri. The new coalition excludes outgoing premier Aziz Akhannouch\u2019s party.
\nThe liberal-centrist party will govern alongside the nationalist Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, and the Party of Progress and Socialism, according to a joint statement issued on Monday. The group holds 207 of the lower house\u2019s 395 seats, above the 198 required for a majority.
\nThe agreement followed two rounds of consultations led by Mansouri, the statement said. The parties pledged a \u201cstrong political government\u201d committed to a shared reform agenda, including stronger rights and freedoms, social justice, and reducing regional inequalities. They said they would propose ministerial candidates \u201cwho are competent, politically astute, honest, and upright\u201d and prepare a government program as \u201cquickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The government replaces the previous three-party alliance, which was led by Akhannouch\u2019s National Rally of Independents (RNI) alongside PAM and Istiqlal for a five-year term beginning in 2021. Before the September 23 election, PAM and RNI reportedly clashed over the recruitment of elected officials and traded blame over policy shortcomings, including a failure to curb rising food prices.
\nKing Mohammed VI appointed Mansouri, a former housing minister and Marrakech mayor, on September 29 after PAM won 97 seats in the vote. RNI finished second with 66, followed by Istiqlal with 65. Turnout fell to about 38%, compared with around 50% in 2021.<\/p>\n
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The constitution requires the king to appoint the premier from the party winning the most parliamentary seats. The monarch retains sweeping powers over defense and foreign policy.
\nThe new government will oversee preparations for Morocco to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal. It faces demands for jobs and better education and healthcare, grievances that fueled deadly youth-led protests last year and July\u2019s mass migrant crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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