Abdelilah Benkirane , former head of government and secretary general of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) has renounced leaving the party and breaking ties with certain members.
The National Council of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) will hold an extraordinary session on Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21, in a context marked by tensions within this political formation. The division of the party seems inevitable.
The Party of Justice and Development (PJD) seems determined to block the adoption of the bill on the legal use of cannabis. Its Secretary General Saâdeddine El Othmani, also head of government, has called for a study of the impact of the project to legalize the cultivation of kif.
In response to questions from some senators from the PP and Vox parties, the Spanish government stated that Morocco is a "strategic partner" with whom it can have divergent positions on essential issues such as the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla.
After a first postponement, the government council, chaired by Saâd-Eddine El Othmani , again postponed, last Thursday, the examination of bill no. 13.21 relating to the lawful uses of cannabis, to a later meeting. Do these two successive postponements presage a retreat of the government when the PJDists are shaken by an internal crisis over the legalization of cannabis?
The Government Council examined this Thursday the draft law on the legal use of cannabis. A text that has sparked a lively political and social debate and is about to shake the cohesion of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD).
Meeting this Thursday, March 4, 2021 by videoconference under the chairmanship of the Head of Government, Saâd Eddine El Othmani, the Government Council again postponed the examination of the draft law on the legalization of cannabis, announced the Minister of National Education, government spokesperson, Saaid Amzazi.
The draft law on the legal use of cannabis will be examined during the Council of Government meeting to be held this Thursday, a statement from the Department of the Head of Government said on Monday. The extension of the state of health emergency will also be at the heart of the discussions.
The Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani, who is also the Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), visited Mohammed VI Hospital in Bouskoura where he inquired about the health of Mustapha Ramid, Minister of State in charge of Human Rights and Relations with Parliament. The latter had successfully undergone kidney surgery on Saturday, February 27.
Mustapha Ramid, Minister of State in charge of Human Rights and Relations with Parliament, would have withdrawn his resignation after receiving apologies from the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani .
Less than 24 hours after the resignation of Mustapha Ramid from the government, the mayor of Fez has announced his resignation from the presidency of the National Council of the PJD . Former Deputy Minister of the Budget, Driss El Azami Idrissi is leaving the PJD ship due to the political crisis facing the party, which he says he can no longer tolerate.
Mustapha Ramid, Minister of State in charge of Human Rights and Relations with Parliament, presented his resignation to the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani , this Friday. He cites the reasons.