Fatima Al-Zahra Al-Mansouri: The Free and Independence Decide Her Government

On the morning of Saturday, October 3, 2026, the National Rally of Liberals and the Independence Party held two extraordinary sessions of their national councils to resolve their positions on participating in the government of Fatima al-Zahra al-Mansouri , the first female prime minister in the history of Morocco, after the results of the September 23 legislative elections. Ahrar: "Responsibility, not a political goal" Mohamed Chaouki opened the extraordinary session of the National Council of the Ahrar Party, held in Rabat under Article 7 of the party's bylaws, which came second in the elections Shawqi considered that the station for evaluating the party's path “is not just an evaluation station but a new starting point,” and described the possible participation in the next government as “a responsibility and an opportunity to contribute” and“not a political goal in itself.” He acknowledged that the party's result witnessed a "decline compared to the previous elections," considering this a "political reality" that requires analysis, stressing that the party "remains a major actor and a balancing force" in the Moroccan political scene, after five years in which the previous government is in power. Independence: The Expectations of Citizens' Ceiling In parallel, Abd al-Bar al-Rashidi presided over the extraordinary session of the Istiqlal Party Council, which came third in the elections, held to evaluate the electoral results and decide on the party's position on government participation. Al-Rashidi said that his party believes that "the interest of the homeland wherever it is, the party wins it," stressing the readiness of independence to contribute to the political and democratic development of the country. He described the current political moment as "accurate and complex, interspersed with internal challenges", as well as "high expectations" of citizens and international risks of interest to Morocco. Today's session comes after previous statements by party leader Nizar Baraka , who announced that the National Independence Council will decide its position on the Mansouri government "at the end of the week." The two sessions did not announce a final official decision on joining the next government, as the decision remains dependent on the result of the vote of each national council separately. The convening of the two parties' councils on the same day comes within the framework of consultations led by Fatima al-Zahra al-Mansouri, who is royalistically tasked with forming the next government as The first woman to hold this position in the history of Morocco, to build a government team that responds to citizens' social and economic expectations, amid multiple internal and international pressures surrounding this stage.