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Popular Movement unveils "Haraki Pact" for 2026 elections, focusing on citizen contract and key reforms
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The Popular Movement MP has unveiled its "Haraki Pact" in Salé, presented not as an electoral program but as a contract. Mohammed Ouzzine, Secretary General of the Popular Movement, emphasized that this pact outlines commitments based on identified costs, specified funding, established execution methods, and results evaluation. The pact is described as an offer built from grassroots input, emphasizing responsibility from both the party and citizens to make informed voting choices. Khadija El Gour, President of the Haraki Women's Organization, highlighted the pact's social and civic dimensions, aiming to restore trust between citizens and political action. She stressed the importance of dignity, hope, and rebuilding confidence after five years marked by injustice, exclusion, high prices, and imbalances in politics, administration, and the economy. She called for a new social pact that includes women, while Amine Ezziti, national coordinator of MP Youth, spoke of a "moral pact" engaging activists, citizens, and public actors. Key areas addressed in the pact include purchasing power and citizen dignity, with three main axes: price transparency, fiscal support for the middle class, and prioritizing the national market. Measures include a national digital price platform to track real prices of basic products, a "social fiscal account" to convert part of taxes into direct support for middle-class families e.g., 500 dirhams for schooling expenses, and a temporary "export truce" for
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The government is addressing repayment difficulties faced by some beneficiaries of the Forsa program, which has supported over 21,000 project holders since its launch. The program emphasizes accompaniment, with nearly 16,000 projects currently active due to monitoring, supervision, and coaching. For entrepreneurs experiencing constraints in meeting repayment deadlines, the government offers the option to request credit rescheduling based on individual situations, providing additional time to consolidate activities. Between June 2025 and June 2026, 4,600 rescheduling requests were filed. To date, approximately 1,400 beneficiaries have completed the necessary steps to defer loan repayments for up to twelve months, following an amendment to their loan and guarantee contracts. Other requests are still under review by financial institutions in coordination with regional stakeholders. The support system for the first edition of the program, launched in 2022, is provided by financial institutions and regional offices, while incubators support project holders from the second edition, initiated in 2023. These measures aim to sustain the entrepreneurial momentum of the Forsa program and reduce business failures, highlighting post-financing support as crucial for project longevity.
Meryem Belhoussine's research, based on testimonies from over 80 former Moroccan female parliamentarians, highlights the persistent exclusion of women from political governance. She identifies financial and sociocultural obstacles, such as limited resources for campaigns and gender stereotypes within parties, as well as "invisible resistances" like psychological violence and unfulfilled promises. Many women wait 30 to 35 years in activism before reaching parliament, revealing systemic dysfunctions. While quotas have significantly increased women's presence in parliament, they haven't transformed party operations, which remain opaque and influenced by informal networks. Quotas have often led to women being elected through reserved lists rather than competitive local constituencies, and are sometimes seen as political rent rather than merit-based promotion. Belhoussine notes that Moroccan political parties, despite constitutional reforms and legal requirements for female representation in leadership, often only partially adhere to these obligations without developing genuine strategies for promoting female leadership. She argues that the main challenge is no longer just getting women into institutions, but ensuring they have equal conditions, career prospects, and evaluation criteria as men. For the upcoming September 23, 2026 legislative elections, Belhoussine emphasizes that parties must invest in women in truly competitive constituencies. She advocates for democratizing the
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