Rabat – Head of Government
Saad Eddine El Othmani has accused parties, which he did not name, of
wanting to “hold Morocco back,” reports the official website of his
Justice and Development Party (PJD).
“There are people who don’t want this
country preserve its Islamic reference [point], who don’t want it to
continue its transition to democracy, and who also want to hold it
back,” he said during his speech to the national convention of Attajdid
Atolabi, an organization generally considered the student wing of PJD.
The Islamist party leading member said that these challenges should be met with a “mature way of thinking.”
El Othmani, whose government was
appointed in April following a six-month deadlock during which his
predecessor, PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane, failed to form a coalition,
said that the current government coalition was “born after difficult
period.”
The head of government said there are
some people who did not want a PJD-led government to be formed,
regardless of whether it was headed by Benkirane or by himself.
“These people still continue their
plots. Yet, we affirm again that we are here to positively contribute to
the progress of our country,” said the President of PJD’s National
Council./ more: MW
