The Political Counsellor at the Embassy of Morocco stated in a telephone interview on 28 November 2000 that in Morocco, people refer to the Popular National Movement (Mouvement national populaire - MNP) whose Secretary General is Mahjoubi Aherdane as "El Haraqa" which means in English "The Movement."

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Embassy of Morocco. 28 November 2000. Telephone interview with the Political Counsellor.