MMNEWS continues its election programme monitor with Morocco’s Left Alliance, bringing together the Federation of the Democratic Left (FGD) and the Unified Socialist Party (PSU).
This is not a judgement on the coalition’s entire political platform or its electoral prospects. It measures only the place given to Moroccans living abroad and the specificity of the commitments affecting them.
MMNEWS diaspora score: 50%
The Left Alliance begins with a significant proposition: Moroccans abroad should not be viewed only as investors, remittance senders or informal ambassadors. They are citizens whose political and social rights require protection.
The coalition’s joint charter explicitly pledges to defend their constitutional gains and guarantee their full parliamentary and political representation. Its official programme summary also says Moroccans abroad should be more closely connected to the country and involved in its development.
That language gives the diaspora an institutional place in the platform and provides the strongest foundation for the Alliance’s score.
Full representation is a clear destination, but not yet a complete design
Article 17 of Morocco’s Constitution recognises full citizenship rights for Moroccans abroad, including the right to vote and stand for election. The Left Alliance aligns itself directly with that principle.
Its commitment to full parliamentary representation is identifiable and politically meaningful. The accessible joint documents do not yet say, however, whether it would be delivered through overseas constituencies, reserved seats, national or regional lists, or another model. They do not specify how many representatives would be involved.
The destination is therefore clear, while the electoral engineering remains open. A fully operational proposal would need to define the number of seats, voting system, possible geographic zones, candidate rules and a legislative timetable.
The PSU brings a structured remote-voting proposal
Before the Alliance was formed, the PSU published a memorandum containing more than 120 proposals for the 2026 electoral framework. It advocated automatic voter registration based on the national identity card and wider digitalisation of the electoral process, including the eventual introduction of remote voting for Moroccans living abroad.
MMNEWS takes that work into account because it comes from one of the Alliance’s two constituent parties and gives substance to its citizenship agenda. It is not treated as a fully adopted coalition mechanism, however: at the review cut-off, the official joint documents had not yet republished the complete remote-voting model.
The distinction matters. It recognises the PSU’s policy work without attributing details to the Alliance that the coalition has not yet formally incorporated into its common offer.
A proposal that would go beyond today’s proxy system
For the 23 September 2026 election, registered Moroccans abroad can create a voting proxy online. The appointed voter must still cast the ballot physically in Morocco. The procedure is now more accessible, but the vote itself is not remote.
The PSU’s proposal would go further by addressing the distance between the citizen and the ballot box. Delivering it would require clear legislation, strong identity verification, independent oversight, robust data protection and auditable safeguards against duplicate voting and disputes.
The idea is relevant to a long-standing diaspora concern. Its final credibility will depend on a published mechanism, timetable and security architecture.
Development and talent: a promising bridge to the diaspora
The common platform backs a productive economy, a strong public sector, employment-generating SMEs, the social economy, scientific research and digital transformation. It also calls for Moroccans abroad to be involved in national development.
That combination could support a useful diaspora policy: researcher and engineer networks, university partnerships, SME mentoring, productive regional investment and structured knowledge transfer.
The Alliance has also raised the problem of brain drain and called for a more ambitious research policy. This speaks directly to highly qualified Moroccans overseas. Yet the programme does not currently identify a talent database, responsible institution, funding channel, temporary-mobility scheme or route to permanent return.
MMNEWS therefore credits a credible general commitment, not a complete delivery system.
Social rights are explicit; cross-border instruments are not
The joint charter explicitly pledges to protect the social rights of Moroccans abroad. It also supports regular adjustments to wages and pensions in line with the cost of living, while the common programme refers to pension reform and dignity in old age.
For diaspora households, the decisive questions are cross-border ones: social-security agreements, aggregation of contribution periods, portability of benefits, pension taxation, health coverage during stays and support for retirees resettling in Morocco.
Those mechanisms are not yet detailed. The rights-based commitment is a positive starting point that now needs agreements, procedures and measurable targets.
Consulates, remittances and return are the main areas to build out
The official material reviewed does not set out a dedicated reform of consular services covering delivery times, appointments, complaints, legal support or end-to-end digital procedures.
The platform mentions banking, finance and financial inclusion, but does not provide a specific instrument for diaspora savings or remittances. Nor does it present a structured return and resettlement pathway.
These gaps do not erase the coalition’s citizenship agenda. They explain why the score settles at the halfway mark: the Alliance gives a strong answer to “which rights?”, but a less developed answer to “which services, tools and deadlines?”.
What was publicly available on 5 September 2026
The Left Alliance has published a joint political charter and an official programme summary organised around six broad areas. Its website announces a complete PDF, but the download page still says that document is being prepared.
At the cut-off for this review, MMNEWS therefore had not identified a complete, publicly downloadable official programme containing sufficient detail across all nine diaspora criteria.
This does not mean that the Alliance has no programme. It means the score can reflect only accessible joint documents, attributable commitments and verifiable proposals. It may be revised if a more detailed version is published before election day.
The nine-criterion MMNEWS assessment
| Criterion | Weight | Points | MMNEWS assessment |
| Political participation and voting | 15% | 12 | Political rights affirmed; automatic registration and remote voting proposed by the PSU, but not yet fully detailed in the joint platform |
| Parliamentary representation | 10% | 8 | Explicit commitment to full representation, without a seat count or selection model |
| Consular and administrative services | 10% | 2 | Little identifiable dedicated reform in the joint material |
| Investment and entrepreneurship | 20% | 8 | Diaspora involvement in development and a productive-economy agenda, without a dedicated funding or service channel |
| Savings and remittances | 10% | 2 | General financial inclusion, but no documented diaspora instrument |
| Pensions and social protection | 10% | 6 | Diaspora social rights explicitly recognised; cross-border mechanisms require detail |
| Return and resettlement | 10% | 2 | Contribution to development encouraged, without a structured return pathway |
| Younger generations, language and culture | 5% | 3 | Citizenship, identity and culture are present, but no dedicated overseas-generation programme |
| Mobilising diaspora expertise | 10% | 7 | Development role, research and brain-drain concerns are recognised; delivery tools remain open |
| Total | 100% | 50 | MMNEWS diaspora score: 50% |
Why the score is 50%
Three elements drive the stronger half of the result: explicit recognition of diaspora political and social rights, a clear commitment to parliamentary representation, and the PSU’s structured proposals on automatic registration and remote voting.
The remaining ground is held back by the limited detail on consulates, savings, remittances, social-security agreements, return and cultural transmission. Even the pledge to involve the diaspora in development does not yet name the delivery institution, beneficiaries, budget or deadline.
The 50% score is therefore not a judgement on the Alliance’s overall political ambition. It measures the distance between a clear citizenship principle and a comprehensive, immediately actionable diaspora policy.
The MMNEWS verdict
The Left Alliance makes a valuable contribution to the debate by placing Moroccans abroad within the language of rights and representation, rather than reducing them to financial transfers or national influence.
Its destination — full political citizenship — is easy to identify. The PSU’s earlier work also gives remote voting a credible policy foundation. The next step is to consolidate these elements in one joint diaspora chapter with a timetable, legal route and practical measures for everyday life.
For Moroccans abroad, the message is clear: the Alliance recognises their political place. Implementation is now the decisive test.
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