Morocco’s centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), who topped last month’s parliamentary election vote, will form a coalition government with three other parties, the four \u200cparties said on Monday.<\/p>\n
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The four , which include moderate socialist parties and the nationalist Istiqlal, together hold 207 seats in parliament, above the 198 needed for a majority.<\/p>\n
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The deal “produces a strong political government, made up of components marked by ideological \u2060and political proximity, united in, and committed to, a shared reformist vision,\u201d the coalition said in a joint statement, adding that they will next propose a cabinet lineup.<\/p>\n
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The king appointed PAM leader Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first woman to act as head of government and tasked her with forming a cabinet after PAM finished first in the September 23 vote.<\/p>\n
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PAM was founded \u200cin \u20602008 by an adviser to the king and has positioned itself as a counterweight to the Islamist Justice and Development Party, advocating social modernisation.<\/p>\n
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The new government will oversee the final stages of a $20 billion push \u2060to prepare for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Portugal and Spain.<\/p>\n
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It faces pressure to address youth grievances over jobs, education and \u2060health services, which fuelled the Gen Z protests last year and the Ceuta migration crisis in July.<\/p>\n
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The vote, however, is not expected \u2060to change policy direction in Morocco, a constitutional monarchy where the king retains sweeping powers over foreign policy, defence and other key portfolios.<\/p>\n
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