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Following the Authenticity and Modernity Party’s victory in the legislative elections, Moroccan Reddit users have drawn connections between statements by two senior party figures, interpreting them as possible signs that consensual sex outside marriage could be decriminalized. As social attitudes and behavior evolve, what exactly does Article 490 of Morocco’s Penal Code prohibit, and why do critics want it repealed? A sociologist, an activist and a lawyer examine the debate.

Income tax reform, one of the Authenticity and Modernity Party’s (PAM) flagship election pledges, features in the El Mansouri government’s 2026–2031 program but falls short of what the party promised voters. The annual tax-free threshold will rise from 40,000 to 60,000 dirhams in net taxable income, while the top marginal rate will be cut from 37% to 30%—well above the 20% ceiling pledged by the PAM. Here is what the plan entails.

Fatima Saadi has moved from managing local affairs in Al Hoceima to parliament and now to government, following her appointment on Friday, October 16, as minister delegate in charge of Housing and City Policy under the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Urbanism, Housing and City Policy. She joins the new government led by Fatima Zahra Mansouri.

Former acting secretary-general of the Culture Department appointed minister delegate under Mohamed Mehdi Bensaïd.

Minister keeps youth and culture responsibilities as communications is removed from his brief.

Casablanca lawyer who headed parliamentary group on equality and parity is appointed family and social development minister.

Abdellatif Ouahbi was appointed Minister of Justice on Friday, October 16, at the Royal Palace in Rabat during a ceremony presided over by King Mohammed VI. A lawyer by profession, he led the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) from 2020 to 2024 and previously held the same ministerial post from 2021.

The PAM member will lead the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Urbanism, Housing and City Policy while also serving as government spokesperson.

Appointed Minister of Economy, Finance and Public-Sector Performance by King Mohammed VI, Fouzi Lekjaa of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) enters a new chapter in a career spent at the heart of government administration. First as budget director and then as minister delegate, he played a central role in budget decisions, parliamentary debates over finance bills and several sensitive rounds of social negotiations. Now in charge of one of the government’s most important ministries, he must balance revenue mobilization, sustainable spending and effective public administration at a time of considerable economic and social ambition.