Abdelilah Benkirane

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• Former Moroccan PM Benkirane Recovering After Surgery in France, Breaks Silence on Facebook
  8 October 2021, by Ginette

  Absent from the political scene since the September 8 election, the former Head of Government and former number 1 of the PJD, Abdelilah Benkirane, breaks his silence on his Facebook account. He explained that he had undergone a surgical operation in France and is currently out of danger.
  "I’m fine," reassured Abdelilah Benkirane, who was suffering from an illness that required surgery. According to his relatives, the former Head of Government underwent this operation in Paris. "The (…)

• Former PJD Leader Benkirane Sets Conditions for Party Return in Morocco
  25 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  While some members of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) are preparing his return to the head of the political party, the former secretary general, Abdelilah Benkirane sets his conditions.
  Abdelilah Benkirane reacted to the decision to postpone the ordinary congress of the PJD, which should take place at the end of October during the extraordinary congress of the party. His candidacy for the presidency of the party will depend on this decision. "After taking note of the approval (…)

• Benkirane Elected PJD Secretary General, Replacing El Otmani After Election Setback
  31 October 2021, by Ginette

  The Party of Justice and Development (PJD) held an extraordinary congress in Bouznika on Saturday, at the end of which Abdelilah Benkirane was elected Secretary General of the Party. He thus succeeds Saâd Dine El Otmani who was unable to provide a comfortable majority to the PJD during the September 8 election.
  Abdelilah Benkirane came out on top of the election for the position of Secretary General of the party, ahead of Abdelaziz El Omari and Abdellah Bouanou, the PJD announced on its (…)

• Former PM Benkirane Elected PJD Secretary General After Party’s Electoral Defeat
  31 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  At the end of the extraordinary congress held in Bouznika on Saturday, former Prime Minister, AbdeliIlah Benkirane was elected to the position of Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), succeeding Saâdeddine El Othmani who resigned after the electoral rout of the political formation.
  5 years later, AbdeliIlah Benkirane regains his seat as Secretary General of the PJD. It is with 1112 votes against 231 for Abdelaziz Al Oâmari and 15 votes for Abdellah Bouano that (…)

• King Mohammed VI Congratulates Benkirane on PJD Leadership Election
  1 November 2021, by Ginette

  King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Abdelilah Benkirane on his election as the new Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD).
  In this message, the King congratulated Abdelilah Benkirane for demonstrating that he continues to enjoy the trust of his party, which, through the Extraordinary National Congress that elected him to the Secretariat, testifies to the esteem in which he is held by the activists and members of this political party, said (…)

• Hamas Leader Congratulates Morocco’s PJD Party Chief Benkirane on Election
  2 November 2021, by Ginette

  Since Saturday, messages have been pouring in to congratulate Abdelilah Benkirane, who became the new Secretary General of the Party for Justice and Development (PJD) following the extraordinary national congress.
  In a message, the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, warmly congratulated Abdelilah Benkirane, elected at the head of the PJD last weekend in Bouznika. According to the official website of the Hamas movement, the two leaders spoke on the phone.
  Haniyeh took (…)

• PJD Party Faces Exodus as Benkirane’s Leadership Sparks Resignations
  2 November 2021, by Ginette

  Several activists including Soumaya Benkirane, the daughter of the new secretary general, have decided to turn their backs on the PJD, as a sign of protest against the choice of the members of the general secretariat, reports the daily Assabah, which stresses that others are about to follow the resigning ones. Abdelilah Benkirane as secretary general of the PJD could further shake up the party and accelerate the creation of a new political formation.
  Among the resignees, there is Khadija (…)

• Morocco’s Islamist PJD Party Condemns Israeli Defense Minister’s Visit, Warns of ’Zionist Intrusion’
  1 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Party of Justice and Development (PJD) has still not digested the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. The visit of the Israeli Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz to the kingdom has provoked a reaction from its Secretary General, Abdelilah Benkirane.
  Like the previous visits of Israeli officials to Morocco, that of Benny Gantz is not to the liking of the PJD, which addressed the issue during a regular meeting of its general secretariat on November 29. In a (…)

• PJD Leader Warns Algeria: Morocco Will Prevail in Potential Conflict
  6 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane advises Algeria to stop attacking Morocco, because if there is a war, it will not be able to win it.
  "For 45 years, you have devoted [the money] from oil to attacking Morocco. This is an injustice, I advise you, to return to wisdom and to God," he addressed the Algerian leaders during an intervention before the members of the National Commission and the members of the general secretariat of the party. (…)

• Moroccan PJD Leader Condemns Public Display of Homosexuality
  7 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  During the first meeting of the national committee of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), its secretary general, Abdelilah Benkirane said all the harm he thinks of homosexuals.
  "Homosexuals have always existed in the world, in the Islamic world and in Morocco, but they were hidden, and if they declare themselves publicly, they will be responsible for it before the law," said Abdelilah Benkirane. While not ruling out the possibility of renewing certain convictions of the PJD, he (…)