{"id":2164,"date":"2011-11-29T13:26:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/morocco-moroccan-king-summons-islamist-leader-to-form-government\/"},"modified":"2011-11-29T13:26:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T13:26:34","slug":"morocco-moroccan-king-summons-islamist-leader-to-form-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/29\/morocco-moroccan-king-summons-islamist-leader-to-form-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco: Moroccan King Summons Islamist Leader to Form Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>29 November 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The head of Morocco&#8217;s Islamist party, Abdelilah Benkirane, is has been summoned by King Mohammed VI to discuss forming a new government, officials of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The party came out ahead in Friday&#8217;s election, the first since a referendum, that followed a series of demonstrations, approved a new constitution in July.<\/p>\n<p>Under the old constitution the king could choose any prime minister he pleased, but he must now pick a member of the party that won the most votes.<\/p>\n<p>Justice and Development won 107 of the 395 seats in parliament, doubling the number of seats it held in the previous parliament &#8211; a result that was &#8220;better than we expected&#8221;, according to Benikrane.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow-Islamists Ennahda have formed a government in Morocco after winning the most votes in the 23 October election there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The regional context worked in out favour,&#8221; Mustapha el-Khalfi, who edits the PJD&#8217;s paper, Attajdid, said. &#8220;But it was also the result of a long and effective campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s influence spread beyond its already-established base among the urban middle class to rural voters who previously backed local dignitaries close to the government and the monarchy, according to RFI&#8217;s L\u00e9a-Lisa Westerhoff.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco&#8217;s oldest party, Istiqlal, which is led by outgoing prime minister Abbas el Fassi and won 60 seats, has said it is ready to join a coalition, according to Benkirane.<\/p>\n<p>The party campaigned against poverty and corruption and promised to raise the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20111129-moroccan-king-summons-islamist-leader-form-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 29 November 2011 The head of Morocco&#8217;s Islamist party, Abdelilah Benkirane, is has been summoned by King Mohammed VI to discuss forming a new government, officials of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) announced Tuesday. 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