What's behind the PJD’s defeat in Morocco's election? | Inside Story

The Party of Justice and Development, known as PJD, came to the forefront of Morocco's political scene following the Arab Spring.
Since then, it has led the government following victory in two elections.
But on Wednesday, the PJD lost more than 100 seats, a performance that pushed it to the margin of politics in Morocco.
A party considered close to the palace is now expected to lead the next government.
But will that change anything?
Presenter: Bernard Smith
Guests:
-Lahcen Haddad, political analyst and former Moroccan minister
-Jasper Hamann, columnist with Morocco World News
-Mohamed El Hachimi, political scientist

[@rahulkumarroy3107]

I hope for better governance in the country 🇲🇦 . Love to the people of Morocco from India 🇮🇳

[@chanvax2111]

Thank you and love to India 🇮🇳 From Morroco 🇲🇦

[@rahulkumarroy3107]

@DCEU I believe No country is bad. Its the activity of the Government and people of the country which reflects the Image of that country.

[@Boss-313]

@@rahulkumarroy3107 | so RSS and BJP are bad then?

[@younisainine818]

Morocco looks so peaceful

[@hoezo]

It isnt..all the youth want to leave. Only the children of collaborators with the french want to stay.

[@uzaidan4563]

@@hoezo only the lazy, welfare seeking idiots want to leave.

[@hrizey]

@@hoezo lol you basterd, if your parents didn’t work as hard as others dont cry in the comments and blame a whole social class

[@mohamedchemmach4983]

@@hrizey not everyone is a millionaire just look at Europe not every one is a millionaire but most people live a good life with a strong access to very good health care and education systems just because you are rich don’t expect everyone to be like you. spoiled brat

[@hoezo]

@@uzaidan4563 which welfare? You mean the beggars in parliament?

[@hellowhatsup4622]

May ALLAAH Guide Morocco and all People around the World

[@mdumakhosini6128]

I'm so proud of Moroccans for choosing change. I can only hope other Africans countries do the same

[@hoezo]

Yes... having a billionaire as a puppet is the way forward.

[@houzoud2416]

what change! Morocco is Monarchy country, prime minister has 0 power.

[@ofcourse_emzab]

@@houzoud2416 I am sorry to say this, but you are wrong, morocco is no longer an absolute monarchy, the last reform diminished Morocco's king power. Hope you learned something 👍

[@hoezo]

@@ofcourse_emzab whahaha.. joke of the year. The law in Morocco is only used when in the interested of illiterate civil servants, corrupt business people and the makhzen.

[@ofcourse_emzab]

@@hoezo While I agree that politics is corrupt, that doesn't mean that the system itself is.

[@ibrahimyilmaz4861]

أحب المملكة المغربية من تركيا

[@abderazzakmouiha2138]

Very interessant analysis Mr hachimi

[@zzz22214]

May God help the poor people of Morocco.

[@omarmypot]

Nice

[@natesportyboy4939]

An RNI-PAM-PI government sure, but the RNI has always participated in government with the MP and UC, two other liberal parties in Morocco. Let's not forget them either.

[@onmywayberlin]

رجال جميلون منالمغرب

[@NilufarBegumBangladesh]

No political party is 100 % popular. There are dissatisfaction, dissidents, opponents and political unrest in all countries of the world. In developed countries, the situation is better because they have education and development.

[@wahidali9592]

Really, are familiar with American politics?

[@victor.d6380]

Long live safe and stable marocco long live the King ! The King is the father of the nation . President is a temporary job .

[@wahidali9592]

the king is a despotic tyrant!

[@victor.d6380]

@@wahidali9592 ALLAH , AL WATAN , AL MALIK ! we are with our king against all enemies . Allah bless our King ! You wish you had a king who loved you .

[@wahidali9592]

mohammed the fraud is a stooge of washington and tel aviv as you must be also.

[@hellowhatsup4622]

@@wahidali9592 ???

[@particularly1603]

Partí partí haaa jaaaa

[@user-jq7nt3he4o]

تقديري لأستاذ ي الهاشمي

[@omarmypot]

The National Freedom Gathering Party will serve the people and I believe in the management They have efficiency I hope they serve the Moroccan people🇲🇦

[@wahidali9592]

PJD was unable to do their job because of Mohammed the Corrupt!

[@Tareckish]

@@wahidali9592 The King has done a world of good for Morocco, especially by developing the economy and infrastructure. So you coming over here to shout insults at our King only proves that you are a propagandist paid by the Algerian government... I hope it's worth it for you to take a few scraps from the military to badmouth Morocco or it's King while they are literally stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from your people. I don't think there is any other country where the military have stolen so much from the people anywhere else in the world. Have a good day.

[@doctorsnuggles3299]

@@Tareckish Why must be everyone, who critisize the king, an algerian propgandist?

[@zzz22214]

Let's see if this new Government will work for people and not for companies buisness and Real Estate.

[@doctorsnuggles3299]

The new government are those business company's. The new prime minister is one of the biggest company holders in morocco.

[@zzz22214]

Yes for sure buisness come first. Most of governments work for those big companies..BUT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF COMPANIES BOSSES AND OWNER THEN GOD HELP PEOPLE.

[@alexs6429]

As a Moroccan I am trying to understand what will make the UN come to a decision about the Moroccan Sahara? Must the whole world recognize it? That will not happen. Because, .... because the most of those countries don't care that much about us and above that they have no clue about our history. Normally, the most sensible approach to solving the problem is to involve the countries that are essentially responsible for this. Ofcourse I am talking here about France and Spain. At this moment it seems like Spain and France are saying to us: 'we have nothing to do with this problem, fight about it with the algeriens and if you want us to support you at the UN than you must let us continue exploitating the country'. Paradoxically, the UN is helping France and Spain to escape from their historical involvement, responsibility and culpability in creating this disaster and points only to Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario as those who should negotiate for a solution. Obviously a try of the Western World to avoid any kind of direct involvement and confrontation but at the same time they use and abuse this political problem to exploit and rob Morocco of its wealth. Not to mention the current unrest and division in North Africa. This proves that the UN is nothing but a tool of the West to continue their colonial ambitions, now on an economic level. While in deciding on the Sahara file, France and Spain must be overwhelmed present and decisive. Their involvement in making a decision possible is not only needed but even obligated. Because it's Spain and France who divided Morocco and therefore it's their responsibility to restore the stability and unity of the country again. In fact making Spain and France 'admit that they divided' Morocco is already a recognition of the Moroccan Sahara, that immediately 'must' be accepted by the whole world. *** so many thanks for sharing ****👍

[@d.ricemovement5614]

I am from America I date a Moroccan girl what do you think about the monarchy being that it hasn’t changed power in a long time

[@iliaselmaghrebi9114]

​@@d.ricemovement5614we love our king may god extend his live

[@open93]

King holds the power , so there is no use electing a government 🙂

[@nak1509]

Not at all, the government does most of the work when it comes to ruling the country and diplomacy but yeah big decisions have to be approved by the king. Which isn’t necessarily bad for all Moroccans because the king did create stability and development

[@kafir-magriban8009]

It like morroco is the only kingdom in the world. Lol

[@LionHollandais]

@@kafir-magriban8009 No it's not but it's irrefutable that the king of Morocco has way more power than the king of my Netherlands for example. It all depends on the way the political system is implemented.

[@kafir-magriban8009]

@@LionHollandais What you think we should do? A coup. So that you be happy and sell us arms to kill each other. PJd promised to tackle corruptions but they end up more corrupted that anyone else. That why they have a free fall will takes them decades to recover from.

[@hicham-bs2438]

@@nak1509 the political sphere in a monarchy country such as Morocco is restrained by the head of state so it quite clear that the royal institution is not align with the previous government policy that led by "a party with Islamic ideology background" so in order to damage the reputation of the PJD party and diminish its popularity the deep state made work very hard for them and that was obvious even before forming a coalition with other parties and also during their term

[@massinissanumidia9252]

Spring demonstrate begun in Tunisia means that from North Africa Amazigh . as social media propaganda wich called that (arab spring )

[@dislikehate-adanac5107]

?

[@philippossnortis2035]

Lmao keep THAT amazishit from us

[@keesbruinsma4811]

We live in 2021, with a modern king who wants to move forward with his people, not backward! Morocco is doing a big cleaning with the old-fashioned thinking pawns who want to stay alive in the year 1900. Spain and Algeria and very secretly France do not allow Morocco to grow! Mohammed VI knows that if there is a threat from outside, he can count on the Moroccan people. Reef, saharoui, jabli, or arab they are all 1 when the danger comes.

[@yherosanime1092]

Anti-PJD

[@nugrid1117]

Free the Land

[@friendlyfire3832]

Long live the King.

[@marojedlairf3090]

long live democracy let moroccan people choose their own will and destiny

[@tariqcohen413]

@@marojedlairf3090 lol no

[@m0ishq831]

Good thing about Morocco is the Hashish 🚬

[@agnostimous2859]

There is no more hashish left in Morocco, a lot of demand from our Algerien brothers. They're big fans of Moroccan hashish...

[@techtravels401]

Morrocan people are poor and Morrocan politicians are rich

[@mohamedasaid7910]

Morocco has a Shura(Government Advisory body) not a parliament in the real sense of the word. All Powers are with King so every leader works for the Monarch

[@Tareckish]

You're wrong, the parliament holds full legislative power. And the Government does govern for real, it's just that the king holds power too, mostly over the biggest orientations of the country, as well as by nominating the so called regal ministries, which are defense, foreign affairs, interior and religion. Except for these, both the party in power and the parliament can knock themselves out and do whatever they want...under the watchful eyes of the palace, just in case! :)

[@mohamedasaid7910]

@@Tareckish What you are saying is exactly as what I said in so many words. I did not say whether it's a good or bad system. It's for Moroccans to determine. I just say how it works.

[@wahidali9592]

@@Tareckish Such naivete or deliberate ignorance. I think the latter!

[@wahidali9592]

@Ben Msik Works for some!

[@mohamedasaid7910]

@@Tareckish You know better .Its your country. I am Kenyan.

[@Safiya4567-uz9qe]

11:20 Why does he carry the esoteric Babylonian pentagram on his forehead in the same position as the angel bapomet ? Is Bapomet lord of this kingdom? Is that why they use the symbol that represents him? Prince Bapomet has that same pentagram on his forehead that symbol is Babylonian I also wear it in my ear the prince of Persia Cyrus the great the king of ancient Babylon very coincidence Jesus said that the fallen angel is the prince of this world now it is understood We see that symbol in many things in some nations because they are probably under his dominion. He is the spiritual prince of Persia 😮

[@AtlasMapping56]

Bro the five stared star represents the five pillars of islam

[@stephenmathews1521]

i support the kings decision

[@hichamnostik-494]

Anti-pjd

[@alcubz2622]

Morocco parliament is basically a rubber stamp and scape goat for the king.

[@marojedlairf3090]

moroccan people must change the constituition to cut/reduce/abolish the power of their king bcoz is useless to elect PM or MPs if their king has more power or control to the elected PM ....what do u think??....

[@SmellMyKKPP]

If it wasn't for the King then they wouldn't have made all this progress in the last 20 years. I don't live in Morocco and I can't speak for people living in Morocco but I'd rather have a king pumping out new successful projects and moving the country forward than experiment with a bunch of suits and hope for the best just to live up to the standard of full democracy. It may happen in the future, but big changes don't happen overnight.

[@crosstraffic187]

All European monarchies are constitutional monarchies including here in Belgium. The king has very limited powers and are mainly ceremonial duties, the way it should be.

[@nak1509]

@@crosstraffic187 Not necessarily, in Morocco’s case the king is the one creating stability and development. We do not want to become the next Tunisia

[@crosstraffic187]

@@nak1509 Well, you are more aware of what's happening in Morocco than I. When did the development start and how long was the king in power? Did development start because of the king or because of the Arab spring? Who was holding development back? It's only when we became full democracies that we were able to develop.

[@hamzaba6872]

Mind your business We Moroccans prefer a stable constitutional monarchy than a fake dictatorship republic

[@SiLiFaLyO]

Haddad 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@nafak1]

Moroccan king made a big mistake normalizing relations w/ the apartheid state

[@Tareckish]

No, he did the right thing, especially since we are threatened by a way worse apartheid state that has been arming and supporting terrorists called 'Polisario' for 46 years to attack Moroccan civilians from their territory: Algeria! On top of that their military Junta supports the spanish occupation of both sebta and mellilia, and is daily committing atrocities against the citizens of occupied Kabylia, and imprisoning hundreds of people who are fighting for the independence of their country! Free Kabylia!

[@agnostimous2859]

Nope, he should have done that a long time ago...

[@medmedin4541]

Palestine state and Hamas are against Morocco to regain its land while Israel and USA are supporting us. First we unite our land then see how we help others.

[@johnsierra3537]

@@Tareckish you are a disgrace to Islam, hopefully Allah will punish you accordingly.

[@alcubz2622]

Algeria is more of a threat to Morocco than Israel for supporting separatist group.