Morocco’s PAM Party Confident of Victory in Upcoming September Elections

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Morocco's PAM Party Confident of Victory in Upcoming September Elections

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) is sure to win the next elections. This is what its Secretary General, Abdellatif Ouahbi, affirmed during his appearance on Sunday evening on the Medi1 TV channel, going so far as to promise to "create the surprise".

In the "Mouwajaha Lil Iqnaa" (A Confrontation to Convince) program, Ouahbi assured that his party is currently in "a very strong position", allowing it to easily "snatch the victory" in the electoral deadlines next September. In this sense, the PAM "will dialogue with everyone", and on the eve of these electoral deadlines, his party is already working in a spirit of "positive cooperation".

This in no way detracts from the party’s independence, he noted, reaffirming that the PAM is keen to play the role of a "constructive" opposition party, for the general interest, by working to develop laws in accordance with the wishes of Moroccan citizens.

According to the number 1 of the PAM, after having rethought its relations with political parties and institutions, going so far as to touch on the "ideological frame of reference", the party can be proud to currently have "all the skills and qualifications" to impose itself on the Moroccan political scene. "What we want is to build a democracy based on dialogue and mutual respect, and not a democracy of insults and denigration," said Ouahbi. The essential thing, he specifies, is to have a consensus around the "national constants". Already, he assures, the PAM has an electoral program "which would serve as the basis for the government program if the party obtains the position of head of government".

Regarding the political differences that shook the last two governments led by the PJD, Ouahbi was clear: "We will respect the views of all political parties on the basis of this program, but we refuse, if we sit in the government, that its components be torn apart by disagreements." "Everyone must respect the decisions made by the government, on the basis of shared responsibility," he warned, firmly.