Nizar Baraka: Independence delegates him to negotiate the Mansouri government

On the morning of Saturday, October 3, 2026, the steps of forming the government of Fatima al-Zahra al-Mansouri accelerated, after the first three parties in the September 23 legislative elections held extraordinary sessions of their national councils to resolve their position on participating in the next government. Independence Baraka unanimously delegates the vote of the National Council of the Independence Party, held in Rabat, unanimously delegating the Secretary-General Nizar Baraka to lead negotiations for the participation of the party, which came third with 65 seats, in the next government. Baraka stressed to the members of the Board that The need to "restore the credibility of political work and the confidence of young people," noting that his party led the vote in the southern provinces with a participation rate of 75%. Al-Bam forms a negotiating committee in parallel. The National Council of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity, which leads the elections with 97 seats, held an extraordinary session in Skhirat, during which Fatima al-Zahra al-Mansouri, Fawzi Lajja, Ahmed Akhshishin, and Abd al-Latif Wehbi were authorized to negotiate with the rest of the parties. The session witnessed an internal discussion about the participation of the National Rally of Liberals , which came second with 66 seats, between Members adhered to respecting the “ballot box letter” and others called for letting the Negotiating Committee operate without prior restrictions. In the midst of these consultations, Baraka announced before the National Council for Independence that the National Council of Pam had decided to exclude the Liberals from the next government, a statement that was met with applause from those present. However, Baraka later retracted this statement, stressing that "the information he received was not accurate" and that "a decision of this kind was not issued by the National Council of Bam." For his part, the National Rally confirmed The Liberals, through an extraordinary session of its National Assembly, are fully prepared to participate in the Mansouri government. Attention is turning to the beginning of next week, when formal negotiations between the three parties are supposed to start to determine the final composition of the government, at a time when the position of the Liberals on participation is still officially pending despite the accelerated developments that took place this Saturday. The next House of Representatives has 395 seats, which makes any government coalition need accurate calculations to secure a stable majority on which Al-Mansouri relies in Manage the affairs of the government during the coming years.