Morocco reaches agreement to form coalition government

Morocco’s prime minister-designate, Aziz Akhannouch, says an agreement has been reached between three parties to form a new coalition government.

Akhannouch said the three biggest winners of this month’s election the liberal National Rally of Independents, NRI, and the Authenticity and Modernity Party, PAM, and the conservative Istiqlal, have agreed to form a new cabinet.

King Mohammed VI on September 10 designated Akhannouch, the leader of RNI, to form a new government after his party came first in the election, taking 102 of the 395 seats in Parliament.

Akhannouch must clear it with the king, who has the ultimate say on all major issues before he can announce the cabinet lineup.