PAM youth elect new leadership as party stresses generational renewal

In Bouznika, the second national congress of the Authenticity and Modernity Party’s youth wing closed Saturday with a vote that saw members of the national council unanimously elect Salah Eddine Abkari as president of the organization and Salma Ablahssain as head of its council.

The gathering, held under the banner “Youth Leads, Hope Returns,” was framed by party leaders as a signal that generational renewal must shape Morocco’s political horizon.

Abkari, in his first remarks, argued that young candidates should no longer rely on national lists but assert themselves in local elections, describing credibility and responsibility as their strongest assets.

He pledged that the youth wing would be both independent and loyal, voicing challenges with the same intensity it applauds government action.

Ablahssain, for her part, cast the election as a democratic milestone, linking it to the party’s summer universities and to a broader defense of youth dignity and political agency.