Morocco’s next government is taking shape faster than expected. Reports circulating in Rabat over the weekend indicate that Fatima Zahra Mansouri, national coordinator of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and tasked by King Mohammed VI with forming the next cabinet, has pulled together a parliamentary coalition of up to 233 lawmakers, comfortably clearing the threshold needed for an absolute majority in the House of Representatives.
The development comes just as parliament prepares to complete the final piece of its institutional set-up for the new term. Abdelaziz Aba, the House’s interim speaker, has called a plenary session for Tuesday, October 13, at 3 p.m. local time, specifically to elect the chamber’s permanent president, in line with Article 62 of the constitution and Article 48 of the chamber’s internal rules. The announcement also serves as the formal summons for all members of parliament to attend.
Built around PAM, which topped the recent legislative elections, the emerging coalition reportedly brings together the Istiqlal Party, the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), and the Constitutional Union (UC), which has already confirmed its backing. A handful of other parties are said to be weighing a form of « critical support » without formally joining the governing alliance.
One open question remains the stance of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), which has yet to decide whether to sit in opposition or offer qualified support while keeping some distance from the cabinet. An official position from the party is expected in the coming days, as talks between the main political headquarters continue at a brisk pace since Mansouri’s appointment by the King.
Tuesday’s vote will be watched closely as an early test of how solid this reported majority really is, and as a first glimpse of how the balance of power between the government camp and the opposition will play out this term. For Mansouri, locking in a wide majority within weeks of receiving her mandate would send a strong political signal, just as the kingdom heads into a demanding institutional calendar in the months ahead.
