Morocco’s Prime Minister El Othmani Resigns as Party Leader After Election Defeat
The Head of Government, Saad-Eddine El Othmani, announced on Thursday his resignation from the post of Secretary of the Justice and Development Party (PJD). He was followed by all the other members of the general secretariat. A collective resignation that follows the failure recorded by the PJDists in the legislative elections of September 8.
The decision was made during an extraordinary meeting held on Thursday, September 9. An extraordinary session of the PJD National Council (parliament) has been convened for Saturday, September 18.
The resignation of the Moroccan Head of Government, Saad Dine El Othmani, comes a few hours after the call launched by the former Secretary General of the party, Abdelillah Benkirane, calling on his successor to hand in his resignation, after the crushing defeat of the Islamists of the Justice and Development Party.
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