After five years of rupture, the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) and the Democratic Left Federation (FDG) are reuniting. As the legislative elections scheduled for September 23, 2026 approach, both parties are considering electoral coordination. This objective was at the heart of a meeting held between the secretaries general of the two parties.
Following this meeting, a technical commission was set up to develop a coordination framework for the upcoming election. Its main mission is to remove obstacles to the presentation of joint candidacies, relying in particular on the results of the September 8, 2021 elections.
Thus, the party that obtained the most votes in each constituency in the previous election would be designated as the list representative for the 2026 legislative elections. A source within the PSU’s political bureau told Yabiladi that negotiations were progressing significantly.
The two parties have reached an agreement in the majority of constituencies. However, there are still disagreements in the Anfa constituency, in Casablanca, where several influential figures from the PSU and FDG wish to present themselves.
From the PSU side, Abdellah Abaakil, vice-secretary general, has already expressed his intention to represent the party. On the other hand, deputies Nabila Mounib (PSU) and Fatima Tamni (FDG), elected in September 2021, also have this ambition.
Due to the provisions of the political parties law in Morocco, the two women are prevented from running for two consecutive terms through regional lists. They are thus obliged to run on local lists in order to hope to sit in the House of Representatives again.
These personal rivalries could be a major challenge for the realization of the coordination project between the two parties. In the 2021 legislative elections, the PSU and the FDG each obtained only one seat in the House of Representatives, both through the regional list.
