Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani, has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) after the National Council refused to allow Abdelilah Benkirane to run for the post for a third time. The decision that took place on Sunday came as El Othmani excluded from the party’s General Secretariat the supporters of the former head of the government. To get a closer look at this change, Yabiladi interviewed Abdelrrahim El Allam, a professor of
King Mohammed VI dismissed on Tuesday four ministers from El Othmani's cabinet. The royal decision came after the Sovereign voiced his discontent with the slow pace of development projects, which fall within the framework of his «Lighthouse of the Mediterranean» initiative, inaugurated in October 2015. Abdelilah Benkirane, on the other hand emerged unscathed.
Benkirane’s allies are looking forward to reducing the influence of ministers in the General Secretariat. To do so, they suggested to exclude them definitely from the decision making body of the party which opens a new chapter in the history of the PJD.