Rabat – Morocco’s Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) will hold a key Central Committee meeting in Rabat on Tuesday, October 6, as the party weighs its position on the next government after the September 23 legislative elections.
The meeting, which will bring together around 300 members at the party’s national headquarters, will take place under the chairmanship of PPS Secretary-General Nabil Benabdellah.
The party’s Central Committee will review the PPS’s electoral performance and assess the talks held so far with designated Head of Government, Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, who received the task of forming the next cabinet on September 29.
The meeting could prove decisive for the PPS as it considers whether to join the future governing majority.
During his first talks with El Mansouri, Benabdellah said the PPS and the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) share common ground on several broad political priorities. He also presented issues that the PPS considers essential, including the protection of rights and freedoms, the expansion of democratic space, and stronger standards of integrity in public life.
Those points of agreement have not yet translated into a decision on government participation.
Benabdellah has said the PPS will base its position on several factors, particularly the composition of the next majority and the government program proposed for the new legislative term.
The party now faces the task of assessing whether the priorities discussed with El Mansouri match the commitments it made during the election campaign and the political principles it has long defended.
The Central Committee is also expected to examine issues related to social justice, democratic reform, civil liberties, and public-sector governance before the party reaches a final position.
The meeting comes as El Mansouri continues talks with Morocco’s political parties in an effort to build the next government.
For the PPS, the October 6 session will offer its leadership and members a chance to debate the party’s role in the next political phase. The outcome could determine whether the Book Party joins the new majority or chooses to remain outside the government while pursuing its agenda from the opposition.
