Abdel -Ilah Benkirane, former Prime Minister and former Secretary -General of the Justice and Development Party, Saad al -Din al -Othmani, the outgoing prime minister, called for his resignation after the results he won in the eighth polling of September, where he ranked eighth, while the lead was the share of the Assembly PartyNational Liberals.
Benkirane, on his Facebook page, published a written news by hand today, Thursday, in which he said: “After I look at the painful defeat that our party suffered in the elections related to the House of Representatives, I see that it is not appropriate for our party in light of these difficult circumstances, but it bears the SecretaryThe year is his responsibility and submits his resignation from the party’s presidency. ”
Benkirane added, as a member of the party's national council and former Secretary of the party, that "the current deputy secretary will be of his responsibility bearing the party’s presidency until the conference will be held as soon as possible on the horizon of the party continuing its responsibility in serving the country from its new location.”
The Justice and Development Party was subjected to a resounding defeat in the eighth elections of September, as it ranked eighth after the legislative elections organized in 2016 and 2011.
The "Islamic Party" has led two governments since 2011 in the context of alliances with the parties, and he bet on winning a third term;However, the election results confirmed his retreat by obtaining 12 seats.
In the previous elections, the Justice and Development Party won 125 seats in the House of Representatives, and expectations indicated its position in at least the first three ranks in the September 8 elections;But the results of the polling created the surprise.
The results of these elections reveal in concrete the decline in the popularity of the Justice and Development Party, contrary to the statements of the "Al -Misbah" leaders who confirmed more than once that it is still the first political power in the country.
The Minister of the Interior, Abdel -Wafi Laftit, announced in a press conference to give the election results, the National Rally of Independents Party issued the results of the legislative elections that took place yesterday, Wednesday, September 8, 2021, with a total of 97 seats after sorting 96 percent of the votes expressed.
According to the Minister of the Interior, and based on the temporary results, the Authenticity and Modernity Party received 82 seats;While the Independence Party won 78 seats.
The Socialist Union of Popular Forces also received 35 seats, and the Popular Movement Party won 26 seats, 20 seats were the share of the Progress and Socialist Party, and 18 for the Constitutional Union;While the Justice and Development Party won only 12 seats.
