Parti écologiste marocain - Izigzawen ( en, Moroccan Ecologist Party - Greens), is the new self-denomination of the

Berberist Berberism or Amazighism is a Berber political-cultural movement of ethnic, geographic, or cultural nationalism, started mainly in Kabylia (Algeria) and in Morocco, later spreading to the rest of the Berber communities in the Maghreb region of N ...

Moroccan Parti démocrate amazigh marocain (PDA) or Moroccan Amazigh Democrat Party, launched in 2005, banned in November 2007 and judicially dissolved in April 2008. It has no connection with the Global Greens and has not been legally reestablished, even under its new denomination.

Platform

# The promotion of cultural diversity, linguistic and religious identity and federalism within a united kingdom; # The promotion of secularism; #

sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

; # Defense of biodiversity; # The promotion of human rights and respect for international conventions relating thereto.

Legal status in Morocco

It was founded as ''Parti démocrate amazigh marocain'' in June 2005 by Omar Louzi, a long-time

activist, former member of the (Berber-based) Popular Movement and cofounder of the

Amazigh World Congress Berberism or Amazighism is a Berber political-cultural movement of ethnic, geographic, or cultural nationalism, started mainly in Kabylia (Algeria) and in Morocco, later spreading to the rest of the Berber communities in the Maghreb region of N ...

. The party was dissolved by a Rabat administrative court decision on April 17, 2008, after having been banned by the Moroccan Interior Ministry on November 25, 2007 because its name infringes on the Moroccan law on political parties, which forbids parties explicitly bases on ethnicity or religion. It then tried to be legally reestablished under a new denomination, without success.

International status

The Izigzawen party has no connection with the Global Greens, the international grouping of green parties, whose Moroccan member party is the Parti national des verts pour le développement - Les Verts. There are at least two other political parties in Morocco which claim an environmentalist, ecologist or green label: the Parti de l'environnement et du développement durable (successor to the

Environment and Development Party The Environment and Development Party (french: Parti de l'Environnement et du Développement) was a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in April 2002. The founder was Ahmed Alami. In the parliamentary election he ...

, merged into the Authenticity and Modernity Party) and the Green Left (a splinter from the United Socialist Party). Taha Rabou El Farrah
Partis : C’est parti pour la Gauche verte !
, ''Le Soir (Morocco)'', May 7, 2010

Leaders

* Omar Louzi (b. 1964) * Ahmed Dgharni

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