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This article critically analyses the speech of Former Head of Moroccan government, Abdelilah Benkiran. Informed by political discourse analysis as suggested by van Dijk, Fairclough, Brown, and Toulmin, the article seeks to explore the political discourse as constructed in specific contexts to transmit messages, hence power and dominance. “An interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse that views language as a form of social practice and focuses on the ways social and political domination are reproduced in text and talk”, Fairlough and Clive (1995, P 4) Political discourse analysis can be employed to describe, interpret, analyze, and critique social life.
The paper tries to analyze the political discourse of the former head of Moroccan government Benkiran from the Moroccan program “Hiwar” which is broadcasted in Aloula Channel. Benkiran tries a new style which attracts Moroccan attention, especially he uses religion in his discourse, and the world at that time suffers from Arab Spring. The following data can explain the repeated words and how Benkiran is able to persuade the audience easily.