The king Mohamed VI of Morocco has conveyed "success" to the new prime minister of the country, Fátima Zahra el Mansuri, after the coalition agreement among four parties arising from the legislative elections of September 23 became public. At the same time, he emphasized that the next political phase will require "serious and responsible governmental action" to respond to the "challenges and expectations".
According to a statement from the Royal Cabinet, the monarch received El Mansuri in audience at the Royal Palace of Rabat. During this meeting, the head of the Executive informed him of the details of the discussions to form the new Government, which will be led by her party, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).
The official text specifies that the sovereign took advantage of the meeting to convey to the new prime minister "his wishes for success and achievement in her mission," emphasizing that "the next stage requires a global mobilization, serious and responsible governmental action, given the magnitude of the challenges, the difficulties, and the expectations on different levels".
In parallel, the king has expressed his congratulations to Ahmed Tuizi, also from the PAM, for his election on Tuesday as president of the House of Representatives, and has also wished him "full success" in the performance of his new responsibilities, according to information released by the Moroccan state agency MAP.
Tuizi was elected with the support of the formations that will integrate the next coalition, which includes the PAM, the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS). He also received the backing of deputies from other parliamentary groups, following El Mansuri's late announcement on Monday about the government pact.
This new balance in the House of Representatives comes from the last legislative elections, in which El Mansuri's PAM —the first woman to hold the position of prime minister in the history of Morocco— displaced the National Rally of Independents (RNI) as the most voted force, obtaining 97 seats compared to the 66 of what until now was the main political party, which has been left out of the future coalition Executive.
The legislative elections in Morocco, which recorded a participation of less than 40%, were marked by a growing social discontent regarding the political and economic situation of the country, as well as by tensions with Spain arising from the crisis at the end of July, when the irregular entry of tens of thousands of people into Ceuta occurred.