Preparations for the 11th National Congress of Ittihadis are well underway. The work team overseeing the organization of this crucial USFP event, completed the preparation of 12 designated regional platforms for regional delegates to follow the proceedings of the conference face-to-face, in accordance with the preventive measures put in place to the fight against Covid-19.
In an interview with MoroccoLatestNews, Hanane Rihab, member of the political bureau of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), recalled that the party’s national congress will be held on Friday February 4, with an official launch scheduled for the morning followed by internal workshops, noting ” the internal determination to reinforce the results obtained in the last elections of 2021“.
In any case, Hanane Rihab estimated that “ the work done by the current leadership is good, as it has taken the party from sixth place in the 2016 elections to fourth place in the 2021 elections”.
“This led us to have two parliamentary teams in the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, in addition to the presidency of several local authorities, regional councils, in addition to the significant presence of the party in the formation of regional councils and professional roomss”, advanced the Ittihadia.
According to the former USFP MP, “no one can deny the development that has taken place in the recent legislative elections. And as a result, there is a positive accumulation that must be reinforced in order to prepare well for the next elections. “, before specifying that”many voices call on Driss Lachgar (current first secretary of the USFP), to resubmit his candidacy at this congress, because he has sacrificed a lot, endured many internal and external blows and has also been exposed to gratuitous rumors” .
It should be recalled that the 11th national congress of the party founded by the late Abderrahim Bouabid, experienced several ups and downs, in particular the amendments proposed on the eve of the congress by the preparatory committee, relating to the organization, but also to the election procedure. of the first secretary. Some supported this initiative, others rejected it.
Questioned byMoroccoLatestNews UK on this subject, Mehdi Mezouari, member of the political bureau of the USFP, also joined his colleague on this point, affirming “Driss Lachgar is not seeking a third term.and that to guarantee a certain stability, the quasi-majority of the tenors of the rose party wanted him to stand for“a third term of transition”.
To return Hanane Rihab, the Ittihadia continued during the interview that Driss Lachgar, “succeeded in making the USFP the fourth force on the political scene in terms of electoral results, which is not at all an easy task. Rather, it is the result of a well-defined work strategy,” underlined the Usfpiste before adding that “several party members across the regions of the Kingdom have called on Lachgar to run (for a 3rd term) from the period from 2022 to 2026 ».
Regarding the other candidacies presented for the post of the first secretary of the rose party, Hanane Rihab specified that “all candidacies are welcome within the framework of internal democracy, because the divergence of points of view based on morality is essential within the framework of the discussions on open competition for all. After all, Congress remains master of itself in the end.”she decided.
Regarding the issues of the 11th national congress of the USFP, Hanane Rihab concluded that “the organizational bet is strongly present in order to restructure the provincial and regional secretariats (…) which brings us directly to the electoral bet. We plan to occupy the first or second place in the legislative elections of 2026, alongside the political bet represented in the confrontation of political tyranny with the formation of the current government”.
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