Created by the king's political advisor Fouad Ali el Himma who later pulled back the PAM has become a peculiarly Moroccan opposition party with regionalised support notably in the troubled north where it has often provided opposition to PJD local administrations...
A return to high office for Benkirane would prove a challenge for the Palace where the king his political advisor Fouad Ali el Himma intelligence chief Mohammed Yassine Mansouri and others in the small coterie of trusted key players seek to make the political running (AC Vol 61 No 22 Unrest simmers over economy and Covid & Vol 58 No 7 Bye bye Benkirane)...
Of more concern to M6 and his long-standing political counsellor Fouad Ali el Hima is a mooted return to frontline politics of former PJD leader and prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane by far Morocco's most charismatic and talented politician (AC Vol 58 No 7 Bye bye Benkirane)...
Leading players include the political counsellor Fouad Ali el Hima and Private Secretary Mohammed Mounir el Majidi who is enmeshed in M6's business dealings (AC Vol 56 No 6 Concern for King and court)...
The PJD's supposed main challenger last time the Parti de l'authenticité et de la modernité (PAM) founded by the king's former Private Secretary Fouad Ali el Himma in 2008 has long lost credibility in all but a few regions...
The political fix worked out by royal advisors who included the PAM founder Fouad Ali el Himma and supported by political allies led by Rassemblement national des Indépendants (RNI) leader Aziz Akhannouch has outflanked M6's most popular rival Benkirane...
The PAM has been through several incarnations since it was set up by powerful royal advisor Fouad Ali el Himma in 2008 (AC Vol 52 No 25 The King's own Islamists & Brothers unbound & Vol 53 No 10 Keep smiling)...
M6 will count on his new ambassadors and a skilled team in the Palace led by political advisor Fouad Ali el Himma with Foreign Affairs Advisor Taieb Fassi-Fihri...
Deep-state conspiracy advocates allege that insiders like M6's school friend and Political Advisor Fouad Ali el Himma security chief Abdellatif Hammouchi or Interior Minister Mohammed Hassad run a wide-ranging Tahakoum operation...
His handshake with President Vladimir Putin followed preparation of the ground by his closest advisor Fouad Ali el Hima and the seasoned royal Foreign Affairs Advisor Taieb Fassi-Fihri...