And speculation that former Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD) premier Abdelilah Benkirane could use the crisis to make a political comeback is overstated sources told Africa Confidential...
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Former PJD premier Abdelilah Benkirane has been rebuilding his party which was much diminished after 2021 when it won only 13 of the 395 House of Representatives seats (AC Vol 62 No 22 The PJD loses its base)...
Some of those disillusioned voters may turn to more radical Islamists notably the non-authorised Al Adl wal Ihsane (Justice and Spirituality) and lead the PJD towards its previous more charismatic leader the prime minister from 2011-16 Abdelilah Benkirane who opposed the Israel move...
Many disaffected members have rallied to the party's former charismatic leader prime minister from 2011-16 Abdelilah Benkirane (AC Vol 58 No 7 Bye bye Benkirane)...
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Akhannouch aggressively targeted PJD votes prompting its leader Abdelilah Benkirane to complain that 'the head of government must be a political personality with integrity who is above suspicion'...
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The ruler and the ruling party's delicate balance Prime Minister Saad Eddine el Othmani is an Islamist leader whose loyalty to M6 is not doubted – unlike his charismatic predecessor Abdelilah Benkirane who as head of government from November 2011 to March 2017 achieved levels of popularity that troubled the Palace...
More PJD bigwigs loyal to his charismatic predecessor Abdelilah Benkirane have resigned from party posts...
As so often in North Africa tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian question give cover for the airing of other disputes: within the PJD the deal's biggest critics have generally been loyal to Othmani's charismatic predecessor Abdelilah 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)...
Even the idea wasn't new: the former PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane Prime Minister from November 2011 to March 2017 called for a boycott of Danone products even while PM to protest against apparently rising prices...