Moroccan King Appoints New Prime Minister

Abdelilah Benkirane, the secretary general of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), has been named Morocco’s new prime minister with the task of forming a coalition government. King Mohammed VI made the announcement due to new laws that require the monarch to choose a prime minister from the party which won the highest number of seats in the Parliament. Prior to this appointment, the PJD had never actively participated in the Moroccan government. ”I ask the Almighty to help me carry out the noble mission with which the King has entrusted me in the general interest, and to rise to the oath that I took today before His Majesty,” Benkirane said.

Additionally, in an interview with Al Arabiyya, Benkirane stated he does not ask his daughters to veil themselves, and alluded to following the same policy while in power. An op-ed in The Hindu Times contends that Morocco is “bound in a quasi-democracy” and that the recent election “is by no means the end of the story.”

By Todd November 30, 2011 Category: Elections, Featured, Freedom, Morocco, Reform, Rule of Law

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