Another Shock for Madiha Khayir... The Dismissed Minister Is Forced to Resign from Parliament!

Another Shock for Madiha Khayir… The Dismissed Minister Is Forced to Resign from Parliament!

The dramatic fallout from the scandal involving dismissed Minister Madiha Khayir continues, as the leadership of the Independence Party forced her to submit her official and final resignation from the House of Representatives today, Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

This decisive decision was made to prevent Khayir from retaining her parliamentary seat—as provided for by law following her dismissal from the government—after a heated meeting of the party’s Executive Committee, during which Secretary-General Nizar Baraka strongly reprimanded her, asserting that she could not continue to represent the party in parliament after she deliberately concealed her criminal record and the controversial medical certificate from the party leadership during her nomination for the ministerial post.

This forced resignation follows King Mohammed VI’s decision to dismiss Madiha Khayir from her position as Deputy Minister in charge of Vocational Training and Qualification less than 48 hours after her appointment, in response to an urgent request from Prime Minister Fatima Al-Zahra Al-Mansouri, in consultation with majority leaders.

These successive blows cement the dual political downfall of the individual in question from both the executive and legislative branches, in a decisive move aimed at purging the party’s ranks and making a clean break from all suspicions that undermine the mechanisms of accountability, transparency, and sound public administration.