he political bureau of the Rassemblement national des independants, meeting in Rabat on August 25 under the chairmanship of Mohamed Chaouki, put out that same evening a statement attributing to the Parti authenticite et modernite the solicitation and the pressure its members of parliament, its elected officials and its territorial officers have met.
The bureau expresses astonishment at the candidacies of eight people it names, some of them already announced as the party’s own candidates, others still exercising a mandate in its name. The attempts are said to have reached a member of the political bureau itself.
The date is not incidental. The legislative vote is set for September 23, candidacy filing opens on August 31, and the two parties have governed together since 2021 alongside the Istiqlal. The RNI came out of 2021 with one hundred and two seats, the PAM with eighty-seven.
No party, the bureau writes, may grant itself an exceptional position outside the principle of equality between parties, nor manufacture for itself an anticipated image of results on which the ballot boxes have not yet said their word.
The PAM, for its part, did not reply. A deputy left the RNI to join it that same evening, insisting he went without animosity.
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Rassemblement national des independants — statement of the political bureau, 25 August 2026.
Decree no. 2.26.190 of 12 March 2026 fixing the date of election of the members of the House of Representatives, Official Bulletin no. 7491 of 16 March 2026.
