Rabat, April 12 -- Morocco's head of government, Saad Eddine El Othmani, is facing aggressive intra-party scrutiny as a number of influential members of Morocco's ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD) increasingly view some of his policy preferences as a "fatal blow" to the party's Islamist and nationalist reputation.

As PJD's party solidarity fades , sources in the inner circles of the party's highest places have been quoted in numerous Moroccan media outlets as indicating that the majority of the party leadership wants El Othmani out. Those calling for El Othmani to be ousted are mostly former PJD ministers who still exert a considerable clout in the party's executive board, according to reports.

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