Party of authenticity and modernity

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حزب الأصالة و المعاصرة
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Party of authenticity and modernity
Logo pam.jpg
Party leader Hakim Benchamach
founding 2008
Headquarters Rabat , Morocco
Alignment indefinite
Colours) blue
Website www.pam.ma

The party of authenticity and modernity ( Arabic حزب الأصالة والمعاصرة, DMG Ḥizb al-Aṣāla wa-l-Muʿāṣira ; Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵣⵖⵕⵜ ⴷ ⵜⵎⴰⵜⵔⴰⵔⵜ Amulli n Tzɣṛt d Tmatrart ; French Parti Authenticité et Modernité , abbreviation PAM ) is a Moroccan political party that was founded by the former Interior Minister Fouad Ali El Himma on August 10, 2008. Ali El Himma is considered a close confidante of King Mohammed VI. and the PAM is perceived as a party of the monarchy.

founding

The party's forerunners were the Bloc of Authenticity and Modernity in Parliament, which was formed after the parliamentary elections in 2007, and a think tank founded by El Himma called the “Movement of All Democrats” (Mouvement de Tous les Démocrats, MTD) . A number of smaller parties merged with the Authenticity and Modernity Party: al-Ahd , the National Democratic Party (PND), the Alliance of Freedoms , the Environment and Development Party and the Citizens' Initiative for Development. The main aim of the organization was to counter the rise of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD). The PAM presented itself as reform-oriented and modernist, but lacked a clear political program. She tried to position herself between the Istiqlal- led government and the opposition PJD. Due to the uncertainty about the party's political orientation and strategy, al-Ahd and PND left the PAM soon after they joined.

As a party favored by the royal family and committed to maintaining the leading role of the monarch, the PAM can be seen in a row with earlier party projects sponsored by the palace. Before her, these were the Front for the Defense of Constitutional Institutions (FDIC) in the 1960s, the National Collection of Independents in the 1970s, and the Constitutional Union in the 1980s. Although El Himma is the de facto party leader, he has not taken an official position in its leadership.

Development since 2009

On February 22, 2009, Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah was elected first general secretary.

In the 2009 local elections, the Party of Authenticity and Modernity became the strongest force, ousting the ruling Istiqlal party to second place. The defection of MPs from other parties made the PAM one of the strongest groups in parliament. From October 2009 she presented the President of the House of Lords.

In the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Morocco in 2011 , the PAM founded an alliance with seven other parties with different political orientations. It was called the “Alliance for Democracy” (popularly also “G8”). It won 11.1% of the vote and 47 MPs, while the Islamist PJD emerged as the winner. The PAM then announced that it would go into opposition.

After the regular election of Ilyas El Omari as General Secretary of the PAM at the beginning of 2016, the party was able to increase its result significantly to 21% of the votes in the parliamentary elections in Morocco in 2016 . Since then it has held 102 of the 395 seats in parliament as the second largest group. As early as 2017, he asked to be relieved of his post and was finally replaced by Hakim Benchamach at a party congress on May 26, 2018 .

List of party leaders

Election results

Election results for the National Assembly in Parliament (2008 - 2016)
year Share of votes Seats
2011 11.1%
47/395
2016 21.0%
102/395

Web links

Individual evidence

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