Pending a strong return for the PJD a key battleground is likely to be on the centre-right of politics where Akhannouch's Rassemblement national des indépendants is pitted against Nizar Baraka's Istiqlal...
Other parties led by Union socialiste des forces populaires (USFP) premier secretary Driss Lachgar backed by Nizar Baraka's centre-right Parti de l'Istiqlal (PI) and the Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme (PPS) had asked Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit to add some 15 seats which was also ruled out...
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- SPAIN
The RNI also faces a challenge from a revived Istiqlal party led by Nizar Baraka a respected former finance minister and grandson of the party's founder (and architect of Moroccan nationalism) Allal el Fassi...
At the traditional nationalist Parti de l'Istiqlal Nizar Baraka former finance minister and grandson of the party's revered founder Allal el Fassi has plenty of policies but lacks populist punch; his pugnacious predecessor Hamid Chabat is plotting a return to the front line...
Three years into the job at the traditional nationalist Parti de l'Istiqlal (PI – Independence Party) former finance minister Nizar Baraka is positioning himself as a more cerebral potential leader of the future coalition's 'loyalist' parties; also looking for a bigger role is the Union socialiste des forces populaires (USFP)'s Driss Lachgar...
Also looking to boost its vote is the traditional nationalist Parti de l'Istiqlal (PI – Independence Party) headed by another former finance minister Nizar Baraka who replaced Hamid Chabat in 2017 after the pugnacious former trade union boss's populist politics failed to win votes or impress the Palace (AC Vol 58 No 21 M6's apprentices & Vol 57 No 21 Premier Benkirane is back)...
The election of the cerebral Nizar Baraka to head Istiqlal (Independence) also put another M6 favourite into office (AC Vol 58 No 21 M6's apprentices)...
The appointment of Nizar Baraka to head Istiqlal (Independence) after months of angry wrangling among the historic nationalist party's political bosses reflects a wider move back towards managerial government...
Rabat is committed to implementing the Saharan development programme outlined last year by the head of the Conseil économique social et environnemental Nizar Baraka...
The RNI was created as a loyalist party close to the Palace but even Mezouar will have only a limited say on Saharan issues: M6 controls the dossier backed by his political counsellor Fouad Ali El Himma and Foreign Affairs advisor Taieb Fassi Fihri; non-partisan Interior Minister Mohammed Hassad will help with policy delivery along with other trusted officials including Conseil économique social et environnemental (CESE) head former Finance Minister Nizar Baraka whose royal commission has drawn up plans to invest up to US$18 bn...