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Three women have been appointed to lead parliamentary groups or groupings. The RNI, PJD, Popular Movement and Left Alliance will sit in the opposition.

Beni Mellal winner Madiha Khayir replaces Amraoui; PJD elects El Azami to lead its MPs through secret ballot.

Abdelilah Benkirane appears to have a short memory. His attack on Saâd-Eddine El Othmani has sparked a row within the PJD and thrust the issue of normalization with Israel back into the spotlight. The PJD secretary-general thought he was calling his former political ally to account. Instead, his own past positions came back to haunt him, revived by several voices from within his own party.

Istiqlal Party Secretary-General Nizar Baraka has attributed his party’s loss of 16 parliamentary seats in Morocco’s September 23 legislative elections mainly to lower voter turnout and the return of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) as a major electoral force.

Alliance due at PAM headquarters on Friday after declaring its place is in opposition; says differences are with PAM, not Morocco’s first woman Head of Government, and leaves room for issue-by-issue votes with PJD.

PJD chief says no delegation will attend Thursday appointment; insists party’s decision to sit in opposition leaves government participation off the table.

PJD chief leaves date to designated Head of Government days after party unanimously chose opposition and ruled out joining a PAM-led cabinet.

Around 200 National Council members raise their hands for opposition, settling a question that had stirred debate inside the party; Benkirane trains his fire on PAM and RNI as leadership argues ideological differences leave little room for governing together.

The nine parties examined spent a combined $290,793 on Meta advertising in the 90 days before the September 23 vote, with the RNI accounting for about 65% of the total.