After unveiling the parties participating in the new government, a source close to the Head of Government designate Saad Eddine El Othmani told local media that the new cabinet would include 30 ministers. The outgoing government was made up of four parties and 37 ministers. A larger number of participating parties in this Government makes it a daunting task for El Othmani to distribute portfolios. The current governmental coalition shows once again that the ideological referential of political parties has been swept by narrow calculations. A coalition between the Islamists, liberals and socialists is showing to what extent political parties in Morocco are losing credential thus becoming copies of each other.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 27, 2017 15:56 UTC