Chabat refused to deal with the PJD which leads the coalition government and most of his 'secular' party rivals – led by current favourite of King Mohammed VI ('M6') multi-millionaire businessman Agriculture Minister and Rassemblement national des indépendants leader Aziz Akhannouch (AC Vol 58 No 2 Benkirane's 'bras de fer')...
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...
They are the entrepreneur-turned-minister Aziz Akhannouch who leads the Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) and Istiqlal's pugnacious former trade unionist leader Abdel Hamid Chabat...
The RNI replaced Mezouar with Aziz Akhannouch the outgoing Agriculture Minister but for now Mezouar remains titular President of the COP22 meeting...
Entrepreneur turned Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch a previous RNI and MP member is favourite to take over at the RNI's planned 29 October congress...
As Benkirane opened his coalition talks the mood of business as usual was underlined by the glitzy opening of the huge Morocco Mall shopping complex in Casablanca which is expected to receive 15 million visitors per year and promoted by Selwa Akhannouch wife of a Berber entrepreneur-turned-politician Aziz Akhannouch...