USFP party waits for government consultations to conclude
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Alyaoum24
Idriss Lachgar, first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, said the content of discussions with Fatima-Zahra Mansouri, tasked with forming the new government, would be disclosed only after her meetings with all the parties. He made the announcement in Rabat after their meeting, according to Alyaoum24.
Driss Lachgar, first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), said his party would wait until consultations with political groups had concluded before disclosing the content of its discussions with Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, Morocco’s designated head of government, who has been tasked with forming the new executive. He was speaking in Rabat on Wednesday 30 September after meeting El Mansouri.
Lachgar said the discussions would remain confidential until meetings with all the political parties had concluded. He also congratulated El Mansouri on her appointment by King Mohammed VI and described the appointment of a woman as head of government as a step towards greater modernity and equality between women and men. Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes Morocco’s first woman head of government
