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Moroccan Parliament Grants Confidence to Fatima Zahra El Mansouri Government With 204 Votes
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Parliament approved the government's program with 204 votes in favor. 127 deputies voted against; 331 participated in the vote.
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Confidence for El Mansouri
Moroccan Parliament granted confidence to the government led by Fatima Zahra El Mansouri after 204 deputies voted in favor and 127 against, out of 331 deputies who participated in the vote. Fatima Zahra El Mansouri presented her government program after it was debated in a session marked by tension and exchanges of accusations between the majority and the opposition. The vote fulfilled the constitutional condition for formation stipulated in Article 88 of the Moroccan Constitution, which provides for the government to be formed after its program gains the confidence of the House of Representatives by an absolute majority of its members.
The new government includes the Authenticity and Modernity Party, the Independence Party, the Party of Progress and Socialism, and the Socialist Union of Popular Forces. Fatima Zahra El Mansouri promised Moroccans a gradual increase in the minimum pension to 3,000 dirhams per month, and she said inflation rates would not exceed 2 percent annually to protect purchasing power.
Parliamentary arithmetic and process
The Chamber of Representatives approved the government program presented by the head of government, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, by 204 votes in favor to 127 against during a plenary session chaired by Mohamed Touizi. The vote enabled the El Mansouri cabinet to obtain the confidence of the Chamber of Representatives and to satisfy the investiture procedure provided by Article 88 of the Constitution. The Chamber of Representatives has 395 deputies, including 207 from the governing majority and 188 seats outside the coalition.
Le360 said the Chamber granted its confidence to the new government after it adopted the government program by an absolute majority this Thursday during a plenary session. Le360 framed the investiture as contingent upon the favorable vote of an absolute majority of the members of the Chamber on its program.
Pension reform and AI ministry
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri told members of both houses of Parliament that her government is determined to launch a comprehensive reform of the pension systems in Morocco. She stressed that “the reform cannot be reduced to changing the retirement age or revising contribution rates or the method of calculating the pension.” HESPRESS English said Mansouri rejected accusations that the new government was little more than a reshuffle of its predecessor and defended the creation of an artificial intelligence ministry.
HESPRESS English reported that Mansouri said the creation of an artificial intelligence portfolio was an economic decision, warning “If we miss this train,” she said, “Morocco could lose an opportunity that might not return.” برلمان.كوم said the head of government promised to fight conflicts of interest and renewed her call to combat suspicions surrounding public management after King Mohammed VI appointed her team at the Royal Palace in Rabat.
