Name and date of creation:
The Justice and Development Party (PJD), in 1967.

Transcription:
Hizb Al Adala Wa Tanmia.

History:
• The party’s founder is Dr. Abdelkrim AL KHATIB, who announced in 1967 the establishment of the Democratic, Constitutional and Popular Movement.
• In 1996, the party revealed its ‘Islamist’ orientations, and took part in the legislative elections a year later.
• The influence of the party on the political scene remained limited until 2002, when it became the pioneer party of opposition.

Political orientations:
The PJD is a Moroccan political Islamist party. It defines itself as an actor in the construction and development of modern, democratic and proud Morocco. The PJD supports the current system (constitutional monarchy), and recognizes the statue of Amir Al Muminin (Commander of the Faithful) as being the King.

Slogan for the legislative elections of 2007:
“Together to build Morocco of justice.”

Leaders and members:
• Saâd Eddine El OTHMANI (PJD Secretary-General and deputy of the city of Inezgane)
• Lahcen DAOUDI
• Abdelilah BENKIRANE
• Bassima HAKKAOUI
• Fatima BELAHCEN

Program headlines:
• Improving the role of the minister of Islamic Affairs and religious institutions.
• Drawing attention to culture and its diversity, and develop cultural justice.
• Reducing Morocco’s rank on international corruption indicators from 79th place to 40th.
• Improving Morocco’s rank on human development indicators from 123th place to 100th.

Website:
www.pjd.ma

The order according to which political parties are presented does not reflect, by any means, the preferences nor the ideology of the Agadir Souss Team. We simply are basing it on the results of the legislative elections of 2002, that had the following order: SUPF, Istiqlal, JDP… Please check the distribution of political parties in Morocco in 2002.

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Name and date of creation:
Istiqlal Party – PI (literally “party of independence”), January 11th 1944.

Transcription:
Hizb Al Istiqlal.

History:
• The party was originally founded in 1940 under the French protectorate, to only become an official political party in January 11th in 1944, with the submission of the proclamation of independence and democracy.
• Since that date, the party benefited of some prestige, first conveyed by its charismatic leader Allal EL FASSI, then by its struggle for the return of the late King Mohamed V from his exile in Madagascar.

Political orientations:
The Istiqlal Party is a nationalist and conservative monarchist party that defends the label of “Greater Morocco” (full territory including the Western Sahara). It is also a member of the Centrist Democrat International.

Slogan for the legislative elections 2007:
“Together for the construction of Morocco to face the future”.

Leaders and members:
• Abbas EL FASSI (Secretary-General of PI and state minister).
• Karim GHELLAB (Minister of Equipment and Transport).
• Adil DOUIRI (Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social Economy).
• Mohamed Saâd ALAMI (Minister of Relations with the Parliament).
• Ahmed Toufiq HJIRA (Ministry Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Housing and Town Planning).
• Yasmina BADDOU (Secretary of State of Social Development, Family and Solidarity and second woman inside the government).

Program headlines:
• Accelerating economic growth and encouraging investment.
• Improving the governance.
• Protecting the environment.
• Strengthening international relations of Morocco, in order to make of it a perfect partner in the Mediterranean, Europe, Africa, Arab World and Islamic World.

Website:
www.istiqlal.ma

The order according to which political parties are presented does not reflect, by any means, the preferences nor the ideology of Agadir Souss Team. We simply are basing it on the results of the legislative elections of 2002, that had the following order: SUPF, Istiqlal, JDP… Please check the distribution of political parties in Morocco in 2002.

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Name and date of creation: Socialist Union of Popular Forces (SUPF) in 1975.

Transcription: Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki Lil Qouwwat Ach Chaabia.

History:

- The left claims of the National Union of Popular Forces (NUPF) and the violent reaction of the state against the protesting leaders made the party evolve, and the current SUPF was created in 1975.

- Omar BENJELLOUN, one of the party’s founders and an important trade union militant was assassinated the same year, on December 18^th.

- The party leaders were arrested in 1981 with those of the Democratic Confederation for Work, their building was besieged and the SUPF’ press prohibited after the general strike due to the price rise of elementary food products.

- In 1998, the alternation government was formed by his majesty late Hassan II, with on its head Abderrahman YOUSSOUFI, the general secretary of the SUPF. And that was the announcement of a new era.

Political orientations:

The SUPF is a left party. Despite its progressist ideas and a call to equality and social justice, its speech remains moderate enough for a socialist party.

Slogan for the legislative elections of 2007: « Choose Your Morocco ! »

Leaders and members :
• Mohamed ELYAZGHI (General secretary of the party, and current minister of Territorial Planning, Water and Environment).
• Abdelwahed RADI (Assistant of the first secretary and President of the House of Representatives of Morocco).
• Fathallah OUALALOU (Minister of Finance and Privatization).
• Nouzha CHEKROUNI (Minister Delegate in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad).
• Driss LACHGAR (President of the Parliamentary Group of the party and a blogger ).

Program headlines:

• The economic growth is on the top of the list, by encouraging production and innovation and by developing traditional sectors (agriculture, fishing, craft industry…).
• Responding to social claims is also a major concern of the party: reviewing the educational system, health and sport, while defending Moroccan cultural specificities (developing the Amazigh language for example), and improving the management of public funds…

• For a social cohesion, working for: the retirement system, youth, women’s rights….
• And finally, striving for an open, diplomat and less corrupted Morocco

Website : www.usfp.ma

The order according to which political parties are presented does not reflect, by any means, the preferences or ideology of the Agadir Souss Team . We simply are basing it on the results of the legislative elections of 2002, that had the following order: SUPF, Istiqlal, JDP,… Please check the distribution of political parties in Morocco in 2002.

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Moroccans are given a rendez-vous on September 7th, for a major event in the political Moroccan scene: The legislative elections. A new government will be born, we will have a brand new prime minister, and much more. Nonetheless, many of us, Moroccan citizens, do not know much about the thirty political parties that are vying for seats and competing with each other to get our votes.
Campaigning started only last Saturday, and on Agadir-Souss, we are planning to introduce each party briefly through presenting these information:

Name:
Date of creation:
History:
Political orientations:
Slogans:
Leaders:
Program headlines:

We would like to remind you that our respective backgrounds in the Agadir-Souss team do not permit us to have a real technical speech and deep analysis of the political scene. However, we will just try to be as objective as possible, and welcome our readers to interact with us.

Thank you in advance.

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Only recently, had we discovered an interesting website of the Jewish community of Agadir, about which Younes wrote a review in French: Agadir d’Antan.

The introduction of this website explains that its pages are not exclusively about the Jewish community of Agadir, nor do they [pages] represent this community by any means. This website is for people of all beliefs, gadiri-born or adopted, locals or visitors. It concerns all those who love the city of Agadir.

CommunauteJuiveAgadir.com has a number of videos and a large gallery of pictures. And it has special categories of pictures of Agadir before the earthquake that destructed the city in 1960, of that year, and of the pearl that Agadir has become today.

CJA suggests to welcome you to their pages with some music, and songs about Agadir particularly. But I should also mention that they welcome you by some pop-up windows as well :-/. I wish they had less ads, that their forum works and that they change their design a little bit. Otherwise, the content is interesting.

We checked all the pictures and videos on CJA, and picked this video for you.

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We have always aimed to provide a multilingual platform dedicated to our city in order to exchange our views with the most people possible.

We are looking forward to hearing your feedback about which subjects you might be interested in, so don’t hesitate to contact us at contact@agadir-souss.com.. You can also leave a comment below.

Stay Tuned! more languages are coming soon!

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