On this Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Bouznika, the Justice and Development Party (PJD), now reduced to the shadow of a once credible movement, crossed an unforgivable red line during its 9th National Congress. Under the dubious and regressive leadership of Abdelilah Benkirane, the true “guru” of a party in full decline, the PJD dared to commit an act of extreme gravity: it invited an avowed enemy of the Kingdom of Morocco’s territorial integrity.
The guest of shame was none other than Mouhammad Al Hassan Ould Dedou Ashanqiti, the controversial leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Mauritania, notoriously known for his open hostility to the historic recognition by Donald Trump’s administration of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara.
By rolling out the red carpet for this dubious figure, known for his murky alliances and anti-Moroccan positions, the PJD delivered a stinging slap in the face to generations of Moroccans who fought and sacrificed for national unity.
This odious act is not merely a provocation: it amounts to outright betrayal. Under the guise of outdated ideological “solidarities,” the PJD has revealed its true face — that of a party ready to trample the sacred causes of the Kingdom to satisfy its Islamist fantasies and obscure alliances.
How can a Moroccan political party, benefiting from the freedoms and institutions of our Kingdom, allow itself to welcome an adversary of our national integrity? How can anyone, at a historic moment when Morocco continues to strengthen its diplomatic positions, indulge in such a “salad” of petty interests and foreign ideological allegiances at the expense of the homeland?
Today’s behavior by the PJD is an insult to the blood of the martyrs, an insult to the Green March, an insult to all the institutions of the Kingdom — from His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God glorify Him, to the entire Moroccan people deeply committed to national unity and the defense of their sacred causes.
The PJD now deserves nothing but the contempt of Moroccans. Its alignment with agendas hostile to the Kingdom’s supreme interests is a national disgrace that no populist slogan can disguise. Today, the mask has fallen: the PJD has definitively turned its back on the homeland.
In the face of such an affront, a legitimate question arises: can Morocco — a nation that has always defended its national cohesion and sacred constants — still tolerate the existence of Islamist parties whose ideological allegiance seems to outweigh their loyalty to the supreme interests of the nation?
Jordan, concerned with preserving its unity and stability, took a decisive step this week by banning parties affiliated with extremist Islamist movements. Perhaps it is time for Morocco, too, to seriously consider whether it should allow political formations that, under the guise of religion, insidiously undermine the foundations of the state and national unity to continue existing within its borders.
The era of complacency is over. Morocco deserves loyal parties, devoted to its sacred interests — not ideological instruments serving foreign agendas.
Abderrazzak Boussaid / Le7tv